Whats there to know about oral cancer?

i cant find any useful info. on oral cancer. HELP!!!

Oral squamous cell carcinoma affects about 30,000 Americans each year. Ninety percent are smokers. Alcohol is also a risk factor. Early, curable lesions are rarely symptomatic; thus, preventing fatal disease requires early detection by screening. Treatment is with surgery, radiation, or both. The overall 5-yr survival rate is 52%.
Symptoms of Oral cancer.
Skin lesion, lump, or ulcer:
* On the tongue, lip, or other mouth area
* Usually small
* Most often pale colored, may be dark or discolored
* May be a deep, hard edged crack in the tissue
* Usually painless initially
* May develop a burning sensation or pain when the tumor is advanced
Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:
* Tongue problems
* Swallowing difficulty
* Mouth sores
* Abnormal taste
Please see the web pages for more details and images on Oral cancer.

Introduction

Each year in the United States, about 29,000 people learn they have cancer* of the oral cavity (the mouth and lips) or the oropharynx (the part of the throat at the back of the mouth).

This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet (NIH Publication No. 03-1574) has important information to help people with oral cancer and their family and friends better understand this disease. It discusses possible causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. It also has information about rehabilitation and about sources of support to help patients cope with oral cancer.

Scientists are studying oral cancer to learn more about this disease, and doctors are exploring new ways to treat it. This research keeps increasing our knowledge about oral cancer. The NCI provides the most up-to-date information by telephone and on the Internet:

Telephone (1-800-4-CANCER): Information Specialists at NCI's Cancer Information Service can answer questions about cancer and can send materials published by NCI.
Internet (http://www.cancer.gov): Cancer.gov is NCI's Web site. It has a wide range of information that is updated regularly. People can ask questions online and get immediate help through LiveHelp. Many NCI booklets and fact sheets can be viewed at http://www.cancer.gov/publications. People in the United States and its territories may use this Web site to order publications. This Web site also explains how people outside the United States can mail or fax their requests for NCI publications.

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maybe you can look up mouth, throat, larynx cancers, there are so many different types oral is just a generalization, but you can go to www.google.com and put in oral cancer and it should pull up many sites for the different types of oral cancer. good luck with your research.

most people that get oral cancer was either a heavy smoker or drinker oral cancer showed up in my husbands mouth in august of 06 by then it was to late it had done eat his jaw bone into and he was stage 4 he had surgery to remove the tongue,jawbone,floor of the mouth this is called a radical neck dissection with lympnode removal they rebuilt his mouth with bone from his hip and held it together with a titanium plate he had 6 weeks of radiation 5 days a week and now they are going to go in and remove the plate it started out as a pile of white stuff on his tongue go to the american cancer web site