Oral cancer, also known as oral cavity cancer, tongue cancer or mouth cancer, is a cancer of the lining of the lips, mouth, or upper throat. In the mouth...
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(oral cancer), voice box (laryngeal), throat (nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal), salivary glands, nose and sinuses. Head and neck cancer can...
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Mouth ulcer (redirect from Oral ulcer)
underlying cause. Rarely, a mouth ulcer that does not heal may be a sign of oral cancer. These ulcers may form individually or multiple ulcers may appear at...
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Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using...
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The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane lining the inside of the mouth. It comprises stratified squamous epithelium, termed "oral epithelium", and an underlying...
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The Oral Cancer Foundation, sometimes abbreviated to OCF, is an American, IRS-registered, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which focuses on oral and...
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Chewing tobacco (redirect from Oral tobacco)
various harmful effects such as dental disease, oral cancer, oesophagus cancer, and pancreas cancer, coronary heart disease, as well as negative reproductive...
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Andrew Cray (category Deaths from oral cancer in the United States)
presided at their ceremony. Four days after their wedding, Cray died from oral cancer. In October 2014, President Barack Obama posthumously honored Cray as...
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Cunnilingus (redirect from Female Oral Stimulation)
between oral sex and oral cancer with human papillomavirus (HPV)-infected people. A 2007 study found a correlation between oral sex and throat cancer. It...
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as People. The Bruce Paltrow Oral Cancer Fund, administered by the Oral Cancer Foundation, raises funding for oral cancer research and treatment, with...
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Oral and maxillofacial pathology refers to the diseases of the mouth ("oral cavity" or "stoma"), jaws ("maxillae" or "gnath") and related structures such...
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Dental hygienist (redirect from Oral hygienist)
screening procedures; such as assessment of oral health conditions, review of the health history, oral cancer screening, head and neck inspection, dental...
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Oral candidiasis (Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis), which is also known as oral thrush, among other names, is candidiasis that occurs in the mouth....
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oropharyngeal cancers are HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer, which is caused by an oral human papillomavirus infection; and HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer, which...
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disfiguration. Cosmetic surgery Orthognathic surgery Oral and maxillofacial pathology Head and neck cancer Oral cancer Dental trauma Dental implant Craniofacial...
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Mucositis (redirect from Oral mucositis)
chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for cancer. Mucositis can occur anywhere along the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, but oral mucositis refers to the particular...
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Treponema denticola (section Oral cancer)
agent for oral cancer. It encourages oncogenesis (process in which healthy cells become cancer cells) and therefore the progression of oral cancer through...
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can cause various harmful effects such as head and neck cancer, oral and oropharyngeal cancers, coronary heart disease, as well as negative reproductive...
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Tooth mobility (section Oral cancer)
factors for oral cancer may include caries (cavity) prevalence, oral hygiene status, dental trauma, dental visit, stress, family history of cancer, and body...
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between systemic inflammation and oral cancer has also been well established. Both periodontal disease and cancer risk are associated with genetic susceptibility...
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Hypogeusia (section Oral cancer)
epithelium damage from upper respiratory infections. Hypogeusia tied to oral cancer and tumors can affect sweet, sour, salty, and bitter tastes, but bitter...
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Fellatio (category Oral eroticism)
reported between oral sex and oral cancer with HPV-infected people. A 2007 study suggested a correlation between oral sex and throat cancer. It is believed...
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chewing is addictive and causes adverse health effects, mainly oral and esophageal cancers, and cardiovascular disease. When chewed with additional tobacco...
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Bruce Paltrow (category Deaths from oral cancer)
30th birthday. He had been diagnosed with oral cancer in 1999; his death was due to complications from oral cancer and pneumonia. In 2007, his widow Blythe...
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skin cancer, oral cancer, lung cancer, or prostate cancer in men under 75. Routine screening is not recommended for bladder cancer, testicular cancer, ovarian...
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needed] In June 2007, three weeks after her initial three surgeries for oral cancer, in the 50th anniversary production at Little Theatre on the Square of...
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Oral Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force". www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org. November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2017. "Oral Cancer...
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Barbara Ryan (section Oral cancer)
duty to get out there and talk as much as I can about oral cancer. The thing with oral cancer, and the reason so many people don’t know about it, is...
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Snuff (tobacco) (section Cancer)
Snuff is a cause of oral cancer, oesophagus cancer, and pancreas cancer. All tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, contain cancer-causing chemicals...
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