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MediFocus Guides Help Answer Key Questions about Tongue Cancer:
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What are the standard treatments for Tongue Cancer?
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What are your treatment options?
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Are there any promising new and effective treatments on the horizon?
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Where can you find the doctors, hospitals, and medical centers with specialized interest and expertise in Tongue Cancer?
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Which organizations and support groups can help you cope more effectively with Tongue Cancer?
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Medifocus Guidebook:
Tongue Cancer
Updated: December 25, 2008
103 Pages
- Comprehensive overview of
Tongue Cancer
- Explore your treatment options
- Learn about new developments
- Read medical journal abstracts
- Find doctors, hospitals, research centers
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The oral cavity and oropharynx contain several types of tissue and each of these tissues contains several types of cells. Different cancers can develop from each kind of cell. The differences are important, because they influence treatment options and outlook for recovery.
More than 90% of cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx are squamous cell carcinomas, also called squamous cell cancer. Squamous cell cancer begins as a collection of abnormal squamous cells. The earliest form of squamous cell cancer is called carcinoma in situ meaning that the cancer cells are present only in the lining layer of cells called the epithelium. Invasive squamous cells cancer means that the cancer cells have spread beyond this layer into deeper layers of the oral cavity or oropharynx.
Oral cancer represents only about 3% of all cancers. The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 30,000 new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed annually in the United States with about 20,000 cases occurring in men and 10,000 in women. Although the exact cause of tongue cancer remains unknown, it most often occurs in people who use tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco).
Treatments for tongue cancer are based on the stage (extent of spread) of the disease and may involve radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. These treatments may be used in combination. A speech therapist will usually be involved in helping patients improve speech function and swallowing capabilities following surgical or radiation treatments. A nutritionist can also be very helpful to ensure optimal nutritional and caloric intake that is vital to recovery from cancer and maintain overall good health.
The MediFocus Guidebook on Tongue Cancer contains information that is vital to anyone who has been diagnosed with this condition.
You will learn about the causes, risk factors, common signs and symptoms, medical tests that are used to establish the diagnosis, and standard treatments. You will also learn about the latest clinical advances in the management of Tongue Cancer as well as about the newest treatment options that are available.
The MediFocus Guidebook on Tongue Cancer will also inform you about important new, exciting research in the area of Tongue Cancer. You will also learn about the doctors, hospitals, and medical centers that are at the leading edge in conducting clinical research about Tongue Cancer.
Information about clinical trials, quality of life issues, a list of questions to ask your doctor, and a useful directory of organizations and support groups that can help patients with Tongue Cancer complete this valuable Guidebook.
You won't find this combination of information anywhere else. It is easily accessible right here. We invite you to preview the MediFocus Guidebook on Tongue Cancer so that you can decide if this comprehensive, trustworthy information may help you or someone you care about who has been diagnosed with Tongue Cancer.
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