![]() However, with their “Check Your Mouth™” initiative, the Oral Cancer Foundation is empowering people to know what to look for and how to get help. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, oral cancer kills one person in America every hour of every day. Unfortunately, many cancers are found at later stages simply because many people are unaware or uninformed. If oral cancer is found at an early stage of development, it has about an 80% to 90% survival rate. Often, there’s no way of knowing whether your immune system is fighting the virus or not until it is too late. For others, this symptom-less virus can later progress into cancer. For most healthy people, their immune system recognizes the virus as a threat and is able to eliminate it. The CDC reports that virtually ALL Americans will be exposed to this virus in their early life. HPV is the fastest growing cause of back of the mouth cancers. Excessive alcohol drinkers are about six times more likely to get oral cancers, as are people who spend a lot of time in the sun. Even if you have never smoked, you may be surprised to find that you are still at risk for oral cancer. ![]() If you are a tobacco user, the best thing you can do is quit as soon as possible. For a small number of people, there is no identifiable cause, which likely means their cancer is related to a genetic predisposition or an otherwise unidentified risk factor. ![]() Most people are diagnosed with oral cancer through one of two ways: through the long-term use of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, or through exposure to HPV-16 (human papilloma virus version 16). Oral cancer refers to three things: cancer that occurs in the mouth itself, on the exterior lip of the mouth, or in the very back of the mouth (the oropharynx). April is Oral Cancer Awareness month, and we want to make sure all of our patients know who is at risk and what warning signs or symptoms they should be aware of. will be newly diagnosed with Oral Cancer in 2019. Whether they experience mouth cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, or throat cancer, about 53,000 people in the U.S. ![]() Share: Facebook Twitter Oral Cancer: Symptoms and Causes ![]()
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