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You can find the answers you have been looking for with Mayo Clinic's team of throat cancer experts, who will work together to understand your goals and meet your needs as a whole person.

At Mayo Clinic, you will have access to comprehensive throat (pharynx) and voice box (larynx) cancer expertise, and these experts from across disciplines come together for one specific goal—to focus on you. Mayo Clinic's Head and Neck Cancer Center treats all types of head and neck and skull base cancers.

  • Nasopharyngeal cancer begins in the nasopharynx — the part of your throat just behind your nose.
  • Oropharyngeal cancer begins in the oropharynx — the part of your throat right behind your mouth that includes your tonsils.
  • Hypopharyngeal cancer (laryngopharyngeal cancer) begins in the hypopharynx (laryngopharynx) — the lower part of your throat, just above your esophagus and windpipe.
  • Glottic cancer begins in the vocal cords.
  • Supraglottic cancer begins in the upper portion of the voice box and includes cancer that affects the epiglottis, which is a piece of cartilage that blocks food from going into your windpipe.
  • Subglottic cancer begins in the lower portion of your voice box, below your vocal cords.


Your Head and Neck Cancer Center team of experts will customize your treatment plan, working in close collaborations that may include ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists plus other experts—including radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and rehabilitation specialists. Test results are made available quickly, and your appointments are coordinated so you can get answers in a matter of days.

Mayo Clinic experts and surgeons can offer the latest advances and innovations in throat cancer, and options may include a laryngectomy, pharyngectomy or surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes, along with advanced radiation techniques including proton therapy, and an active clinical trials program.

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic's otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) and cancer practices are also ranked among the best in the country.


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(SINGING) Amazing grace-- All the things that we think of give us personality and individuality in life really reside in the head and neck. There have actually been studies done looking at patients who get treated at centers who do a high volume at head and neck cases. Patients who go to physicians who do this as a dedicated specialty tend to do better. We specialize in rare cancers, so that they're common for us. You come and see me, but instantly, you see a whole team of people. Our multidisciplinary group, our collaboration, I would say, sets us apart from everybody else. And not to mention the fact that we just have all of the newest tools to do this. The surgical robot allows you to get into tight spaces with what is called minimally invasive surgery. We have a very state of the art proton unit, able to deliver a very tight radiation field and avoid normal structures. We're probably one of the most aggressive centers in looking at dose deescalation in terms of radiation for patients with the HPV-related oropharynx cancers. 90% of the people with papillomavirus-induced tumor are cured by treatment. They can do very well with minimally invasive surgery and a decreased dose of targeted radio therapy and maybe targeted chemotherapy, and still have a high cure rate. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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— Joyce

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    Every year, more than 1 million people come to Mayo Clinic for care. Mayo Clinic's highly specialized experts are experienced in treating rare and complex conditions.

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    Getting effective treatment depends on identifying the right problem. In a recent study, 88 percent of patients who came to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion received a new or refined diagnosis.

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    At Mayo Clinic, every aspect of care is coordinated and teams of experts work together to provide exactly the care each patient needs. What might take months elsewhere is often done in days at Mayo Clinic

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    Mayo Clinic experts are some of the best in the world. Mayo Clinic consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the nation in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of best hospitals.

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