Cancer of the mouth and throat are the most common cancers in Indian males because of the high incidence of smoking chewing tobacco and the widespread use of pan masala. In fact the diasporic Indian population has even led to an increase of cancer of the mouth in the Western world! As far as the treatment for head and neck cancers is concerned radiotherapy remains an integral part of the treatment having the ability to destroy the cancer in this site – thus curing cancer. The probability of cure is excellent with more than 90 % early vocal cord cancer patients and up to 70