Head and neck cancer covers several distinct areas, and the right specialist page depends on exactly where your concern is. Choose the one that matches your symptom below, or book a consultation if you’re not sure.
Conditions We Treat Under Head & Neck Cancer
Should You Be Worried?
Most lumps and symptoms in this region turn out to be benign or unrelated to cancer. What matters is duration, not severity, anything that hasn’t resolved in two to three weeks is worth a specialist look, not a guess.
How These Cancers Are Treated
Treatment is built around your specific diagnosis, but the approach is consistent: precise surgery guided by imaging and biopsy, function-preserving technique wherever possible, reconstruction planned into the same operation when needed, and robotic-assisted options for suitable cases through Dr. Powle’s fellowship training. Radiation or chemotherapy is added when the case calls for it, coordinated with your wider care team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cancers that start in the mouth, throat, voice box, nose and sinuses, salivary glands, neck, ears, scalp or facial skin. Brain tumours are managed separately.
A lump that doesn’t go away, a sore that hasn’t healed in two to three weeks, persistent hoarseness, or difficulty swallowing. These show up across most of these cancers.
Yes, in most cases. Early-stage cancers, especially of the mouth, throat and voice box, respond well to treatment. Stage at diagnosis is the biggest factor in outcome.
Tobacco, alcohol and betel nut use are the biggest risk factors. HPV is an increasingly common cause of throat and pharyngeal cancers, even in non-smokers.
Book a consultation directly. Dr. Powle will examine you and confirm the diagnosis rather than you having to self-diagnose from a website.
Yes. Existing scans, biopsies or specialist opinions can be shared over WhatsApp or email for a preliminary read before you commit to a visit.
Function preservation is factored into every treatment plan from the start, not treated as an afterthought once the cancer is removed.
Book Your Head & Neck Cancer Consultation in Pune
Whichever symptom brought you here, the next right step is the same: get it looked at properly. Dr. Vidita Powle Danait provides expert diagnosis and treatment across the full range of head and neck cancers in Pune.