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Chewing tobacco.
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Tongue and types of oral cancers?
chewing tobacco and smoking
How can head and neck cancers be prevented?
Refraining from the use of all tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco), consuming alcohol in moderation, and practicing good oral hygiene.
What are the risk factors associated with oral cancers?
The most important risk factors for cancer of the tongue are alcohol consumption and smoking. The risk is significantly higher in patients who use both alcohol and tobacco than in those who consume only one.
What does chewing tobacco do to your body?
Contrary to popular belief smokeless tobacco is not as harmful to you as once thought. It has not been linked scientifically to oral cancer, unlike smoking. The combo of smoking and drinking is a major cause of cancers in the mouth, throat, etc.
How can you get a tumor in your gums?
The major risk factors for oral and oropharyngeal cancers are smoking and alcohol consumption. These two factors account for 75% of all the oral cavity cancers reported in the United States. Smokeless tobacco (chew or spit tobacco) is yet another important cause for oral cancers. Each dip or chew of tobacco has been shown to contain 5 times more nicotine than one cigarette and 28 potential carcinogens. For lip cancer, exposure to sun may be one of the risk factors. Geographical factors and sexual differences also attribute to the risk factors of oral cancers. Men are twice as susceptible to oral cancers than women. While oral cancer is ranked sixth leading cancer among men in the United States, it is the fourth leading cancer in African American men. Age also seems to be a factor in the susceptibility of oral cancer. About 95% of oral cancer cases are diagnosed in people older than 45 years and the median age for diagnosis is 64 years. In addition to these factors, genetic predisposition may be one of the factors that should not be ignored in any type of cancer.
Can herbal snuff cause cancer?
Oral cancer, throat cancer, and lymphatic cancers can be caused by snuff. This is a tobacco product most commonly used in the mouth. Oral cancer is most common.
Do Oral contraceptives affect cancers?
Oral contraceptives may make some existing cancers worse
Is there a real correlation between HPV and oral cancers?
Yes. There is a real correlation between HPV and oral cancers
What is a precancerous condition creating white patches in the oral region and is associated with the chronic use of snuff and chewing tobacco?
Leukoplakia
What is pancancerous condition creating white patches in the oral region and associated with the chronic use of snuff and chewing tobacco?
leukoplakia
What is a precancerous condition creating white patches in the oral region and is associated with the chronic use snuff and chewing tobacco?
Leukoplakia
Could you have cancer if your dentist wants to do a biopsy on your gums because they have a purple color to them and it is spreading?
Oral cancers look more like ulcers, or even white plaques. It is less usual for an oral cancer to be on the gums and to have a purple colour. See the Related Links for "Oral Cancers" to the bottom for the answer.
