What is the cancer of the lip and the oral cavity?

Cancer of the Lip and the Oral Cavity

The cancer of the lip and the oral cavity is an illness in which cancerous cells are found (harmful) in the weavings of the lip or of the mouth.  The oral cavity includes the front two thirds of the tongue, the upper and lower gums, the interior covering of the cheeks and the lips (the oral mucous membrane), the floor of the mouth under the tongue, the bony upper part of the mouth (the hard palate) and the small area situated behind the wisdom toeeh (the trígono retromolar). 

The cancers of the head and the neck are found with greater frequency in people that have more than 45 years.  The cancer of the lip is more common in the men that in the women and has greater probability to be developed in people of clear skin that have been very exposed al sun.  The cancer of the oral cavity is more common in people that chew tobacco or they smoke pipe. 

You should respond a doctor if has some protuberance in the lip, the mouth or the gums, a sore that not healthy in the mouth, or if he bleeds or feels pain in the mouth.  Another sign of cancer of the mouth or of the gums is the one that the dentures to stop sitting down well.  Often the cancer of the oral cavity and of the lip the dentists they find them al to examine the teeth. 

If you have symptoms, the doctor will examine him the mouth employing a mirror and lights.  The doctor can indicate that x-rays of the mouth do him.  If some abnormal weaving is found, the doctor will have to cut a piece and to observe it with the microscope to determine the presence of cancerous cells.  This procedure is known like biopsy.  To him it will be given you a substance that will sleep him that part of the mouth by a while (a local anesthetic) so that does not sit down pain.  The doctor will also palpate the throat in search of protuberances. 

His possibilities of recovery (forecast) will depend on if the cancer is found in the lips or in the mouth, of if is found only in the lips or the mouth or has been disseminated to other weavings (the phase of the cancer), and of its general state of health.