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Pharyngectomy

Surgery to remove all or part of the pharynx (throat). The pharynx is the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). A pharyngectomy may be done to treat certain types of throat cancer.

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