Oral cancer is a tumor in the oral cavity, which may be an extension of another tumor in the pharynx or oral tissues, and shows cancer and tumors on the tongue and lips, and can appear on the gums and lining of the cheek and roof of the throat, cancer of the mouth of cancer is rapid spread, A lesion in the mouth is not cancerous and the appearance of the red tissue, and may develop oral ulcers, and then develop and become a cancerous tumor, and this cancer is widespread among women and men, and more prevalent among women than men, especially in the age between forty and sixty years.
Types of oral cancer
Oral cancer is divided into five types:
- Cancer caused by a tumor in the tissues of the salivary glands is called glandular cancer.
- Tumor of cells that produce melanin in the surrounding skin of the mouth, called melanoma.
- The tumor that arises due to the genomic germination layers called the metastatic tumor.
- The tumor caused by the tissues of the lymph nodes and tonsils is called lymphoma.
- Squamous cell carcinoma due to epithelial cells lining the lips and mouth.
Symptoms that appear on the injured tumor in the mouth
- Feeling pain and numbness in the face.
- Disorders and malformations of the tongue, and the tongue may become paralyzed.
- The appearance of lump and tumor either in the palate or cheek lining, gums and lips.
- The size of the tumor is small and its color is dark or faint.
- This tumor may result from a lesion in the white or red mouth already present in the mouth that develops and becomes cancer.
- The presence of a painless tumor in the tongue.
- Difficulty swallowing.
Any person with a tumor in the mouth should visit the doctor quickly and immediately for the tumor does not worsen the tumor to normal and acidic tumor becomes a cancerous cancerous tumor, and the diagnosis is through clinical examination, where a biopsy can be taken from the tumor mass and examined in a private laboratory.
The sooner the disease is detected, the greater the chance of treatment for oral cancer. Therefore, when the examination is completed and the tumor is confirmed, this tumor is removed by surgery if early detection is detected. This cancerous tumor does not leave any abnormalities or effects. The process of swallowing and hearing reversing surgery after the discovery of the tumor period; it leaves distortions in most jaw and palate, and lead to the removal of some of the main nerves, and can be used laser therapy as an alternative to surgery, which works to reduce the tumor and stop growth.