Head and neck cancer symptoms depend on the region, but one or more of the following symptoms may occur in the head and neck area:

• pain;
• swelling;
• hoarse voice;
• difficulty in swallowing;
• bad breath;
• a painful or painless meal;
• mucosal ulceration;
• mucosal lesions.

The manifestations of head and neck cancers depend to a large extent on the location and extent of the tumor.