[Alarm and detection signs of upper digestive and respiratory tract cancers]

Rev Prat. 2011 Nov;61(9):1199-206.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Upper digestive and respiratory tract cancers represent, in frequency, the fourth cancer in the general population. They are responsible of non-specific symptoms. Clinical examination of this anatomical region is difficult for a layman for whom the specific material is not available to diagnose a small tumour The objective of this paper was to make more sensitive the general practictioners about these type of cancers.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors