Sanderson and Ironside listed clinical findings which should
result in a patient being carefully evaluated in order to exclude a cancer of
the head and neck. The authors are from Western General Hospital
in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Clinical Finding
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Duration
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hoarseness
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> 6 weeks
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ulceration of the oral mucosa
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> 3 weeks
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oral swelling or mass
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> 3 weeks
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dysphagia
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> 3 weeks
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unresolved neck masses, especially those that are hard
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> 3 weeks
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