One of the top ten causes of death from cancer: oral cancer

Text / oral surgery physician Linqian Ling
According to statistics of the Ministry of Health, Welfare, oral cancer is still one of the top ten causes of cancer death. Oral cancer refers to tumors in the oral cavity, the position of the lip can occur, cheeks, gums, tongue, floor of the mouth, the soft and hard palates molars triangle and, most oral cancer is squamous cell deterioration by the mucosal the formation, the organization's performance in squamous cell carcinoma, the most common site of cancer in Taiwan as the buccal mucosa and tongue.

Note that oral cancer symptoms
Oral cancer started in the clinical white, erythema, surface irregularities outside cauliflower sudden, warty lumps or ulcerated tumor type, etc. to the performance of the initial performance is not very clear, because there will not necessarily feel the pain , it is often easily overlooked. Patients often have to wait until there is bleeding, unusual pain, difficulty in opening mouth, and so there is perforation of disease occurrence, only to the hospital on the skin or difficulty swallowing.

The reason of oral cancer occur?
In Taiwan, oral cancer patients and betel nuts, smoking and drinking have a great relationship, About 90% of patients with oral cancer have a habit of chewing betel nut, but there are still a small number of patients due to genetic, improper diet or long-term is caused by bad dentures.

Oral cancer treatment
Currently there are surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatment for oral cancer, depending on the size of swollen cancer patient, the manner of treatment vary. Most of the patients is surgical resection followed by adjuvant therapy plus radiation and chemotherapy to treat.

Effective prevention of oral cancer
Way to prevent oral cancer, in addition to abstain from tobacco, alcohol, betel nut outside, eat bland food regularly to the oral surgeon oral examination, but if there are more than two weeks was found not heal ulcers, or have grown up in the unknown when tumors in the mouth, you can ask a professional oral surgery specialist, for further examination and treatment, so as not to delay the timing of treatment.