Oral Cancer- Prevention and Treatment

Oral Cancer refers to any cancerous tissue development in the mouth. Oral cancer may develop primarily as a lesion in any of the oral tissues or extension from a neighboring anatomic structure such as nasal cavity or the maxillary sinus. The science of this disease has Oral Cancer- prevention and treatment in the current times. This cancer can originate in starting form tongue, gums, lips, inside lining of the cheeks to area behind wisdom teeth to side and back walls of throat and other parts of the mouth.

Prevention : The prevention of oral cancer can be done by controlling certain habits which increases the risk of originating this disease.

Excessive Tobacco and Alcohol Intake : excessive intake of tobacco such as cigarettes, pipes, cigars and smokeless tobacco also drinking alcohol especially beer and hard liquor increases the risk of developing the disease. Avoiding the intake of these harmful substances decreases the risk.

Sun Exposure : excess exposure to skin can result into lip cancer thus avoiding too much of outing in the sun or using sunscreen and umbrella in the sun can decrease the risk.

Chemoprevention : it is a kind of drugs, vitamins or other agents which are efficient for preventing the disease or delaying its period of coming back.

Treatment : The treatment of Oral Cancer is mainly the surgical removal of the tumor in the very primary stage of its origination. In the case of a functionally satisfactory result a radiation therapy is often used in conjunction especially if the tumor is inoperable. In the surgery bone grafts and surgical flaps are used to rebuild the structures removed during the surgery for removing the tumor. Following the surgery a rehabilitation treatment is required in most of the cases for improvement of chewing, swallowing and speech.

Our medical team understands the requirements of the patients and focus primarily on providing scrupulous services which are also cost effective. The presence of best practitioners at Apollo Hospital (Accredited by JCI) where our team arranges medical treatments in India makes it easy to provide free consultation before surgery.