Brits are being urged to safeguard their health by familiarising themselves with the early signs and symptoms of head and neck tumours, as this type of cancer is rapidly becoming "one of the world’s fastest-growing".
Dr Jiri Kubes, medical director at the renowned Proton Therapy Center, highlighted that this increase is particularly prevalent among young people.
Tumours and cancer can develop in 30 different areas around the head and neck, including the tongue, voice box, throat and sinuses.
With an estimated 12,000 people in the UK now being diagnosed with head and neck cancers each year, Cancer Research UK has revealed these rates have surged by a third since the 1990s.
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