Oral cavity and Or pharyngeal cancer refer to the cancer of the mouth and the beginning of the throat. The mouth is referred to as the oral cavity while the oropharynx is the portion of the throat just behind the mouth.
Oral cavity and oropharynx?
The oral cavity compromises of lips, the cheeks, the gums, the teeth, the tongue (front part) and the floor and the roof of the mouth. It also includes the lining inside the tips. The oropharynx begins where the oral cavity ends. This includes the areas around the wisdom teeth, the base of the tongue, the tonsils, the sides and walls of the throat and the back portion of the roof of the mouth.
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer develops when cells in any of these sections mutate from healthy cells to abnormal cells. These cells continue to multiply forming masses or growths. These cells can start in one area and spread to other areas in the oral cavity or the oropharynx. Most types of oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer are squamous cell carcinomas.
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer Symptoms
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer show some or all of the following signs or symptoms:
Who’s at risk?
Individuals might be at greater risk of developing oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer due to the following lifestyle patterns:
Tobacco: Use of any kind of tobacco. This includes chewing tobacco or snuff. It also includes all form of smoking from cigarettes to pipes.
Alcohol: Heavy consumption of alcohol.
HPV: Contraction of the sexually transmitted virus, the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV.
Sun: Over exposure to the sun on lips.
Consulting a carcinologist upon observations of the above mentioned symptoms will help in confirming the cancer and to initiate the treatment for it.
Oral cavity and oropharynx?
The oral cavity compromises of lips, the cheeks, the gums, the teeth, the tongue (front part) and the floor and the roof of the mouth. It also includes the lining inside the tips. The oropharynx begins where the oral cavity ends. This includes the areas around the wisdom teeth, the base of the tongue, the tonsils, the sides and walls of the throat and the back portion of the roof of the mouth.
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer develops when cells in any of these sections mutate from healthy cells to abnormal cells. These cells continue to multiply forming masses or growths. These cells can start in one area and spread to other areas in the oral cavity or the oropharynx. Most types of oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer are squamous cell carcinomas.
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer Symptoms
Oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer show some or all of the following signs or symptoms:
- Lumps on the cheeks
- Thickening of the cheeks
- Lumps on the neck
- Mouth sores that do not heal
- Constant and persistent mouth pain
- Constant sore or swollen jaw
- Difficulty in swallowing
- Difficulty in chewing
- Constant sore throat
- Numbness in the mouth, tongue or other regions.
- Changes in the voice
- Unexplained bad breath
- Loosening of teeth
- Unexplained weight loss
- White or red patches on the gums, the tongue, the tonsil or lining of the mouth
Who’s at risk?
Individuals might be at greater risk of developing oral cavity and orpharyngeal cancer due to the following lifestyle patterns:
Tobacco: Use of any kind of tobacco. This includes chewing tobacco or snuff. It also includes all form of smoking from cigarettes to pipes.
Alcohol: Heavy consumption of alcohol.
HPV: Contraction of the sexually transmitted virus, the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV.
Sun: Over exposure to the sun on lips.
Consulting a carcinologist upon observations of the above mentioned symptoms will help in confirming the cancer and to initiate the treatment for it.