ORAL CANCER

This Cancer that develops in any part of the mouth.
Risk factors include tobacco use, heavy alcohol use and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection

Oral cancer is common.

If you detect and treats it early, it usually is very curable.
Oral cancer can usually be detected by a doctor or dentist in a routine mouth exam.
Avoiding smoking and tobacco can go a long way to reducing your risk – as the majority of people who get oral cancer are smokers or tobacco users.

Like other cancers, oral cancer is characterized by cells that begin to change, grow out of control and often clump together into a mass called a tumor. Oral cancers are part of a group of cancers known as head and neck cancers and can occur:

In the mouth: Including your lips, gums, cheek lining, the floor of your mouth (below your tongue), the front part of your tongue and the roof of your mouth

In the throat: Including the back of your tongue, the back part of the roof of your mouth (known as the soft palate), the back of your throat and your tonsils

Oral cancer can interfere with eating, talking and even breathing. Each year, thousands of people are diagnosed with oral cancer and it claims the lives of some 30,000 people.

But most cases of oral cancer are treatable, and the chances of treating oral cancer successfully are improved with early diagnosis and treatment.

Symptoms include a sore that doesn't heal, a lump or a white or red patch on the inside of the mouth.

Treatment depends on stage

Treatment includes surgery and radiation therapy.
In some cases, chemotherapy may be required.

IMPROVED EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT remains the safest way to stay alive and stay healthy.

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