Cancer of floor of mouth
Cancer of floor of mouth: Introduction
Cancer of floor of mouth: The floor of the mouth is a horseshoe-shaped area under the tongue, between the lower jaw bones (the mandible). When a malignant tumor grows in this area it is called floor of the mouth cancer.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Cancer of floor of mouth is available below.
Symptoms of Cancer of floor of mouth
- A sore in the mouth that continues to grow larger
- Mouth pain
- Dentures that no longer fit
- White, red or dark patches inside the mouth
- Difficulty moving the jaw
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Treatments for Cancer of floor of mouth
- Combination of Surgery, Radiation and Chemotherapy
- Dental exam - Prior to treatment to prevent dental complications during treatment
- Surgery
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Causes of Cancer of floor of mouth
- Tobacco and alcohol use including smokeless tobacco (snuff and betel nut)
- People with certain infections or decreased immunity, such as:
- Exposure to the human papilloma virus (HPV), especially strains 16 and 18
- Organ transplant recipients
- People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease
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Cancer of floor of mouth: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Cancer of floor of mouth
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
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is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
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Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
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conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known...read more »
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Cancer of floor of mouth: Research Doctors & Specialists
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