Cancer of the nose: Facts about nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer
Nose and sinus cancers occur when cancerous cells form in the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses. These types of cancers are extremely rare. In fact, less than 5% of all head and neck tumors occur in the nasal cavity and sinuses.
While squamous cell carcinoma is the most common, there are many other types of cancers of the nose and sinuses. Some of them include:
adenocarcinoma adenoid cystic carcinoma olfactory neuroblastoma...
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