What is cancer of the mouth called

When Should You Call Your Cancer Care Team About Mouth Problems??

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Take a moment each day to check how your mouth looks and feels. Call your cancer care team when you first notice a mouth problem. an old problem gets worse. you notice any changes you’re not sure about. Tips for Mouth Problems Sore Mouth, S…

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What are the pimples things in your mouth called and what do they do?

Q: Okay, before I go on further, I want to point out that I’m not talking about open sore wounds called cancer sores inside the mouth, those things hurt so bad! I’m talking about, every once and a while, there are these pimple shaped things in my mouth, some are tiny and some are big, maybe smaller than a pea. They randomly show up in my mouth and they don’t really hurt but they are just annoying because they’re in the way. They form sometimes on the roof of my mouth and sometimes on the inside of my cheeks. The other strange thing about this is if I keep poking and messing with this pimple thing the pimple disappears and I don’t have it bothering me anymore, it’s like a button, you push it and it goes in. That’s what happened. Anyone know what they are called and they do? Just wondering…

A: do you bite the inside of your cheeks at all? that might be causing them

Read this and tell me what you think. It’s about my cousin Amanda.?

Q: Amanda Carole FreemanShe has cancerIt’s not fairBut she will survive, we are all very sureBecause she is making the best of the burden that God gave her to bearShe lives for today,Hopes tomorrow will come,And makes dreams for the future we all hope she is inShe is very gayShe isn’t like most others that suffer the way she does; she doesn’t think her doctors are dumbThe only ones that she dislikes are the ones that said she didn‘t have anything out of the ordinary, when indeed, she did, and cancer is what all along it had beenThis chemo is wearing her downBut she is not heaven boundAt least not yetSo don’t fretLive long,Stay strong,And remember, I will always love you{Amanda Carole Freeman was diagnosed with a rare form of jaw/mouth cancer called osteosarcoma on February 10th. The doctors and dentists that she saw before that time because of her pain pushed her aside and didn’t give her the x-rays she should have been given, just pain relievers. She got fed up with taking pills that didn’t work, so she went to the hospital for x-rays. They found cancerous cells. They extracted the cancer and found that it was the size of a baseball when it was all put together. Her surgery was on February 18th. She was supposed to take many more cycles of chemo, but as of June 12th, she informed me that instead of the five that was originally planned, she has only one more round of chemotherapy. After that, she is officially done. She is 24 years old, and she has a full and exciting life ahead of her.}(She hasn’t given up yet)Money wasn’t an issue. What happened was that she went to the doctor and told them about a pain in her jaw. They referred her to a dentist. The dentist gave her pain medication with no x-rays or anything. The pain relievers did not work, and after amny times of getting them, and them not working, she finally MADE the doctor give her an x-ray. She had a suspicion that it was cancer or soemthing horrid from research that she and her roommate did, but they didn’t believe it to be true. When the doctor came into the room and told her she had an advanced tumour, she got really mad at her doctors because they never tried to treat it in the months that they just gave her pain medication. So, it’s nothing about money, it was about the doctors not doing what they should have done.

A: That is sad. She shouldn’t give up yet.

I am confused about a cancer diagnosis.?

Q: My father was diagnosed with a cancer called “squamous cell carcinoma”. From what I have learned, it is a skin cancer that has spread from his chin, and into his mouth. As a result, he has had his tumor ridden jaw removed and reconstructed, a tumor removed from under the tongue, the tumor from the chin removed and another tumor removed from inside his cheek. He has had major reconstruction work done just 6 days ago. He has a massive amount of skin and muscle removed from his stomach and attached to his chin that goes inside his mouth, up under and around the tongue, no more lip. Every time a different doctor appears, they ask him if he has ever smoked or drank. He never did smoke, and drank 2 to 3 light beers 4 days per week. This is a skin cancer, why is he being asked if he smoked? They have virtually accused him of being a heavy smoker. So has the cancer developed because of sun exposure or is it because they assume he smoked? I know where he went to the pub that he got irritated from the smokers there, could it have been caused by passive smoking? Squamous cell carcinoma (sun or smoke)?

A: Squamous cell carcinoma is a skin cancer in that it starts in epithelium tissue. This tissue is part of the skin, but it also lines areas throughout the body and some glands are form from it There are several risk factors for this cancer. When it is found in sun exposed areas it is usually due to sun exposure. However, it is also found in the lungs, prostate, bladder and cervix and none of those areas are ever exposed to the sun. When it is found inside the mouth it is often seen in patients that are heavy smokers and drinkers, but it doesn’t mean the patient necessarily has to be a heavy smoker or drinker and there are other risk factors. It would not be professional or polite for a doctor to be accusatory when questioning a patient, but each doctor should be asking many of the same questions as it is part of getting a good history. Asking about smoking, drinking, drug use, family history and past surgeries are all pretty standard.Are you sure the cancer started on his chin and spread to his mouth? This would be an unusual way to spread, but not impossible, and it does affect his treatment and prognosis. I think they are probably not related at all. I also think the cancer on his chin was probably caused by sun exposure and the cancers in his mouth were most likely caused by HPV. I could be wrong, I’m not a physician and I know little about your father’s case, but I work with cancer cases everyday. You would know if I am correct or not by looking at his pathology reports. Best wishes to you both.