10 Symptoms of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

6. Headaches

Some studies show chronic, recurring headaches on one side of the head can be the first symptom of nasopharyngeal cancer. Like so many other symptoms, this one can easily be ignored or misdiagnosed. In a study of more than 200 subjects at the Xiangya School of Medicine, five percent reported chronic headaches as their lone symptom before diagnosis. Twenty-five percent of subjects reported a headache along with a lump on their neck. Nasopharyngeal cancer is so rare that a headache alone is highly unlikely to be a result of the presence of a nasal tumor.

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