Floor of the mouth cancer most often begins in the thin flat cells that line the inside of your mouth squamous cells.
Early stage oral cancer floor of mouth.
Stage 0 mouth cancer stage 0 is also called carcinoma in situ and this is the very beginning of the scale.
Women and people of 45 years of age and above are more vulnerable to contracting mouth cancer.
As a rule the lower the number the less the cancer has spread.
In the early stages mouth cancer rarely.
It describes abnormal cells in the lining of the lips or oral cavity which have the potential to become cancer.
A higher number such as stage iv means cancer has spread more.
Mouth cancer is one of several types of cancers grouped in a category called head and neck cancers.
Oral cancer which includes cancers of the lips tongue cheeks floor of the mouth hard and soft palate sinuses and.
These are the basic stages of mouth cancer.
These cancers are often mistaken for canker sores.
And within a stage an earlier letter means a lower stage.
The survival rate is around 81 if mouth cancer is diagnosed sooner rather than later but as it is normally only discovered during the later stages of the illness the death rate is just over 45 when diagnosed at five years.
The earliest stage oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancers are called stage 0 carcinoma in situ and then range from stages i 1 through iv 4.
Oral cancer can affect the mouth including the gums lips tongue mouth s roof and floor and the inner cheeks.
Oral cancer appears as a growth or sore in the mouth that does not go away.
Oral cavity carcinoma stages i to iv.
Changes in the look and feel of the tissue on the floor of the mouth such as a lump or a sore that doesn t heal are often the first signs of floor of the mouth cancer.
But it occurs most often in the floor of the mouth underneath the tongue or on your gums behind.
Mouth cancer and other head and neck cancers are often treated similarly.
Stage i mouth cancer stage i describes a very early stage of cancer.
Oral cancer affects thousands of people every year.
Using tobacco products particularly chewing tobacco and regularly drinking too much alcohol can increase your chances of developing.