Best Mouth Cancer Surgeon in Colaba
What is Mouth Cancer?
Mouth cancer is a type of head and neck cancer and is any cancerous tissue growth located in the mouth cavity. Most of the 90 percent of cancers that occur in the mouth cavity are squamous cells. mouth cancer belongs to a larger group of cancer that is called head and neck cancer. mouth cancer is more often discovered when it spread to the lymph node of the neck. Now get Best Mouth Cancer Surgeon in Colaba by Dr. Deepak Khanna.
It develops on the mouth and gums, under the tongue, at the base of the tongue, and the area of the throat at the back of the mouth can be life-threatening if not diagnosed properly and treated early. If you are looking for a second opinion on the ongoing treatment of Mouth cancer, kindly Dr. Deepak Khanna, He has completed his maxillofacial surgery training at (MGM Medical University, Colaba)
Types of Mouth cancer
It includes:
- Lips
- Floor of the Mouth (under the tongue)
- Roof of the mouth
- Inner lining of the Cheek
- Tongue
- Gingiva (gums)
- Pain or difficulty in swallowing
- Consistently bleeding in the mouth
- Changes take place in your voice and faced problem while talking
- Faced problem in moving your jaw and tongue
- Patches in your mouth which is red or white in colour
- Pain in ear
- A lump in your neck
- Facing trouble while wearing your denture
- Relentless wounds on the face, neck, or mouth that drain effectively and don’t heal within fourteen days
- An irritation or feeling that something is trapped in the rear of the throat
- Weight loss
- a sore on your lip or mouth that won’t heal in several weeks.
- Use of any kind of tobacco either it is cigar or pipe and cigarette
- Excessive consumption of smokeless tobacco i.e., chewing tobacco etc.
- Excessive consumption of alcohol
- Viral contamination like HPV(Human Papillomavirus)
- Week immune system
- Excessive sun exposure especially at a young age
- Positive family history in case of any cancer
- Poor oral hygiene condition
- Poor nutrition
- Gender
- Age of the person
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Targeted therapy