What is oral cancer?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A group of cancerous cell or a tumour grows inside the mouth, and it destroys the other healthy tissues nearby it is known as oral cancer. Though it originates in the verbal area often gets spread to other parts of the body and generally to the lymph nodes in the neck region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is to be noted that all lumps inside the mouth are cancer. Warts, fibromas are a common type of damages that results in excessive growth of cells which are dangerous but not cancerous yet. Mostly, oral cancer starts in squamous epithelium. With the advancement of medical science, <\/span>tongue cancer treatment<\/b><\/a> across the globe provides quick remedies and high success rates, if detected at an early stage and treated well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the symptoms of oral cancer?<\/b><\/p>\n

One of the prime things of detecting oral cancer at the earliest is knowing the symptoms and checking at regular intervals for it if any. The common symptoms are –<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Teeth are getting loose, bleeding and swelling in the mouth.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
2. A growing lump on the lip, mouth, tongue or the inner lining of the cheek getting thick.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
3. Slurping speech and salivary glands are swollen.<\/span><\/li>\n
4. Tremendous weight loss<\/span><\/li>\n
5. Change in voice and a feeling of pain while swallowing or chewing food.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
6. Red or white patches are occurring on the lip area or inside the mouth.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
7. Zero sensation and numbness in the lips and the tongue.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
8. Swollen cervical lymph nodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   What are the treatments for oral cancer?<\/b><\/p>\n

   Indian Cancer Research Centre offers the best doctors when it comes to tongue cancer treatment. While the diagnosis of your disease depends on the stage or type of cancer you are having, the main ways of treating it remain the same more or less.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>