What is Oral cancer?
What is Oral cancer?
- Oral cancer: Cancer (malignant) of the lip or inside the mouth.
- Oral cancer: malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Oral cancer: Introduction
Types of Oral cancer:
Types of Oral cancer:
Broader types of Oral cancer:
How many people get Oral cancer?
Incidence (annual) of Oral cancer: 28,900 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate)
Incidence Rate of Oral cancer: approx 1 in 9,411 or 0.01% or 28,900 people in USA [about data]
Who gets Oral cancer?
Profile for Oral cancer: Oral cancer usually occurs in people over the age of 45 but
can develop at any age. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Oral Cancer: NCI)
How serious is Oral cancer?
Complications of Oral cancer:
see complications of Oral cancer
Average life years lost for Oral cancer: 16.7 years for oral cavity/pharynx cancers (SEER)1
Deaths for Oral cancer: 7,486 deaths reported in USA 1999 for cancers of lip, oral cavity or pharynx (NVSR Sep 2001)
What causes Oral cancer?
Causes of Oral cancer: see causes of Oral cancer
Risk factors for Oral cancer:
see
risk factors for Oral cancer
What are the symptoms of Oral cancer?
Symptoms of Oral cancer:
see symptoms of Oral cancer
Complications of Oral cancer:
see complications of Oral cancer
Can anyone else get Oral cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
More information:
see contagiousness of Oral cancer
Oral cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Oral cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Oral cancer.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Oral cancer: Oral surgeon, Ear, nose, and throat surgeon, Oncologist, Radiation oncologist, Prosthodontist, General dentist, Plastic surgeon, Speech therapist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Oral cancer.
Treatments for Oral cancer:
see treatments for Oral cancer
Prevention of Oral cancer:
see prevention of Oral cancer
Research for Oral cancer:
see research for Oral cancer
Society issues for Oral cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Oral cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Oral cancer:
- 0.1% (12,649) of hospital episodes were for malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 89% of hospital consultations for malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx required hospital admission malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 67% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 33% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 16% of hospital admissions for malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Oral cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Oral cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Oral cancer
Main name of condition: Oral cancer
Class of Condition for Oral cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Oral cancer:
oral cavity cancer
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