Oral cancer

Oral cancer,

In 2008, in the United States, alone,

about 34,000, people,

were diagnosed, with oral-cancer,

66%, of the time, late stage,

three, and four,stage disease,

" Low-public-awareness,"

of the disease, is a significant, factor,

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these cancers", could be found, early",

highly, survivable, stages, through, a simple,

painless, 5 minute, examination, by a trained, medical,

or dental, professional,there are a variety, of screening,

devices, that may assist, dentists, in detecting, oral, cancer,

including, the Velscope, Vizilite, Plus, and the identafi, 3000,

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Health Professionals

While, a dentist, physician, or other health, professional,

may suspect, a lesion, is malignant,

there is no, way to tell, by looking alone,

since benign, and malignant, lesions,

may look, identical, to the eye,

A non-invasive, brush biopsy, (BrushTest),

can be performed, to rule out the presence,

of dysplasia, (pre-cancer),

cancer, on areas, of the mouth, that exhibit,

an unexplained, color variation, or lesion,

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Tissue Biopsy

The only, definitive, method, for determining,

if cancerous, or precancerous, cells, are present,

is through, biopsy, and microscopic, evaluation,

of the cells, in the removed, sample,

A tissue, biopsy, of the tongue, or other, oral, tissues,

and microscopic, examination, of the lesion,

confirm, diagnosis, of oral-cancer, or precancer,

As the tumor, enlarges, it may become, an ulcer, and bleed,

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Speech and Talking Difficulties

Speech, and talking, difficulties, chewing, problems,

or swallowing, difficulties, may develop,

A feeding, tube, is often necessary,

to maintain, adequate, nutrition,

This can sometimes, become, permanent,

as eating, difficulties,

can include, the inability,

to swallow, even, a sip of water.

HPV-positive, oropharyngeal, cancer Infection,

with human papillomavirus (HPV),

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Risk Factor

particularly, type 16, (there are over 120 types,)

is a known, risk factor, and independent, causative, factor,

for oral-cancer,

people, who use, tobacco,and, are heavy users, of alcohol,

Recent, research, indicates,

HPV is the primary, risk factor,

in this new population, of oral-cancer,

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Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

HPV16, (along with HPV18,)

is the same, virus, responsible,

for the vast, majority, of all cervical, cancers,

and is the most, common, sexually, transmitted, infection,

in the US,

Oral-cancer, in this group, tends, to favor, the tonsil,

and tonsillar, pillars,

base of the tongue, and the oropharnyx,