{"id":2996,"date":"2018-12-24T05:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T05:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T08:05:01","slug":"awareness-key-to-oral-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/awareness-key-to-oral-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Awareness key to Oral Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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I. Introduction<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 Definition of Oral Cancer
\n\u2022 Prevalence of Oral Cancer
\nII. Risk Factors for Oral Cancer<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 Tobacco Use and Alcohol Consumption
\n\u2022 HPV-16 Virus
\nIII. Symptoms of Oral Cancer<\/strong><\/a>
\nIV. Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Cancer<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment
\n\u2022 Side Effects of Treatment
\nV. Current Research on Oral Cancer<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2022 DNA Changes and Gene Therapy
\n\u2022 Epidermal Growth Factor
\n\u2022 New Chemotherapy Drugs and Vaccines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In reality, oral cancer is cancer of many organs. It includes lips, tongue, cheeks, the floor of the mouth, hard and soft palate,\u00a0sinuses<\/span>, and pharynx (throat). It can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated early. As it prospers without producing pain or symptoms it remains unnoticed by the patient in the early stages. It is the eighth most common cancer worldwide.\u00a0The burden of oral cancer is particularly high in South Central Asia due to risk factor exposures. According to WHO, there are an estimated 657,000 new cases of cancers of the oral cavity and <\/em>pharynx<\/span> each year, and more than 330,000 deaths<\/em>. The prevalence of oral cancer is particularly high among men.<\/p>\n

Oral cancer can occur through the use of tobacco and alcohol. The evidence that smokeless tobacco causes oral cancer was confirmed recently by the International Agency for Research on Cancer<\/em>. \u00a0It can also occur through the exposure to\u00a0the HPV<\/span>-16 virus (human papilloma virus version 16). About 90% of cancers in the oral cavity are attributed to tobacco use and excessive alcohol consumption<\/span>. The oral cancer risk increases when tobacco is used in combination with alcohol or areca nut. For a small percentage of people (under about 10%) cause of oral cancer is still unidentified. Oral cancers have an 80 to 90 % survival rate if diagnosed at early stages of development. However, the majority are diagnosed at later stage accounting for the 43% of the death rate. A high treatment-related morbidity has also been seen in survivors. Unfortunately, in case of oral cancer, late stage diagnosis is occurring due to a lack of public awareness. Also, there is a lack of a national program for opportunistic screenings. Historically the death rate associated with this cancer is particularly high not because it is hard to discover or diagnose, but due to the cancer being routinely discovered late in its development.<\/em>\u00a0 The advent of a virus, HPV16 is contributing more to the incidence rate of oral cancers, particularly in the posterior part of the mouth (the oropharynx, the tonsils, the base of tongue areas). They don\u2019t produce visible lesions or discolorations that have been the early warning signs of the disease process.<\/p>\n

Other than common cancer symptoms like weight loss etc., oral cancer is characterized by \u2013<\/p>\n