頭とう頸けい部ぶ癌がん

noun

head and neck cancer; head and neck carcinoma

Medical term for malignant tumors in the head and neck region, including oral, pharyngeal, laryngeal, nasal, and salivary gland cancers.

• 頭とう頸けい部ぶ癌がんの治ち療りょうには手しゅ術じゅつ、放ほう射しゃ線せん、化か学がく療りょう法ほうが用もちいられる。

  Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are used to treat head and neck cancer.

• 喫きつ煙えんと飲いん酒しゅは頭とう頸けい部ぶ癌がんの主おもなリスク因いん子しです。

  Smoking and drinking are major risk factors for head and neck cancer.