ORAL CANCER: NOT ALWAYS EASY TO SPOT
ORAL CANCER: NOT ALWAYS EASY TO SPOT Don’t wait for oral cancer symptoms to appear. Consult with dentist or ENT specialist for oral and throat cancer screening. If you have any related symptoms, consult with doctor for diagnoses and treatment. Cancers of the oral cavity (including the lips, cheeks, gum and tongue) and the oropharynx (including the soft palate, tonsils and throat) can crop up in a variety of ways and are not always easy to spot. That's a big reason why these cancers often go undiagnosed until the later stages, after they have spread to the lymph nodes in neck. The good news is that even at the later stages, these cancers are treatable. With current treatment advances, survival rates for oral cancers have improved over even a decade ago. In fact, some opharynx cancers have been found to have to survival rates of 80 to 90 percent at three years. And many oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers can be prevented altogether with sensible self-care, healthy l...