Judd Woehrle has always been a firm believer in listening to your own body when something feels off. When he noticed a painless swollen gland on one side of his neck in January 2023, he wanted it checked out. He saw his primary care doctor near his home in San Antonio who referred him to an ENT for a needle biopsy.

The biopsy revealed a type of head and neck cancer called oropharyngeal cancer caused by the human...