Mouth cancer treatment?
treatment of 1st stage of mouth cancer
Cancer - 4 Answers
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If possible, surgery to remove all the cancer.Then, radiation or chemotherapy.
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Treating stage 1 and 2 mouth cancers Surgery and radiotherapy are equally successful in treating stage 1 and 2 mouth cancers. Your treatment will depend on what part of your mouth or oropharynx the cancer is in. Your doctor will also consider the likely side effects of treatment in that area. For example, if you have tongue cancer, removing the cancer with surgery may cause speech changes and affect your ability to swallow. So doctors may choose radiotherapy over surgery if they can. If the cancer is in your tonsils, surgery or radiotherapy or a combination of both may be used. If you have radiotherapy you may need to go to the hospital every weekday for treatment lasting several weeks. This may not be easy for some people so you and your doctor may consider surgery a better option. http://googleadsense-dollars.blogspot.com/
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma affects about 30,000 Americans each year. Over 95% smoke, drink alcohol, or both. Early, curable lesions are rarely symptomatic; thus, preventing fatal disease requires early detection by screening. Treatment is with surgery, radiation, or both. The overall 5-yr survival rate (all sites and stages combined) is > 50%. (Merck). Surgical removal of the tumor is usually recommended if the tumor is small enough. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy would likely be used when the tumor is larger or has spread to lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery may be necessary for large tumors. Rehabilitation may include speech therapy or other therapy to improve movement, chewing, swallowing, and speech.(MedlinePlus)
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