Rakesh Roshan eminent film actor and producer has been diagnosed with cancer. After Irrfan Khan, Sonali Bendre, and others, now Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat and he will have undergone surgery for the same yesterday. The diagnosis was shared by his son on social media. What is squamous cell throat carcinoma? Most throat cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (90-95%).
They can be categorized as well differentiated (>75% keratinization), moderately differentiated (25-75% keratinization) and poorly differentiated (< 25% keratinization) tumours. Verrucous carcinoma (a variant of squamous cell carcinoma), adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are other less common histologies. Tobacco (smoked and smokeless) is the most important known risk factor for the development of cancer. Tobacco and alcohol…
