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The doctor wants to know the stages of your mouth cancer that are shown by the biopsy method in order to provide the best treatment.

The stage depends on the area where it has spread, the size of the tumor and to which parts of your body it has spread. The mouth cancer treatment is done by staging.

Staging by lab tests: In order to check your wind pipe, lung and the throat, the thin lined tube is used. This process is known as endoscopy.

The tube is inserted through your mouth or nose. It is done under local anesthesia to prevent the gagging and discomfort. Some imaging tests are done to know where the cancer has spread.

Dental x-ray: To know whether the cancer has spread to your jaws or not, mouth x-ray is done.

CT scan: The detailed pictures of your body can be shown by linking the x-ray machine to the computer. This is done by giving the injection of dye to the patient. CT scan can show the tumors of the throat, mouth, neck or anywhere in the body.

Chest x-ray:  The images of lungs and chest are taken to shown whether the cancer has spread or not.

Check This Out! Did you know that Oral cancer is as common as leukemia or blood cancer and kills more Americans each year than either skin or cervical cancer?

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Dreadful! Patients with oral cancer have a poor prognosis, and the 5-year survival rate of approximately 50% has remained unchanged for the past 50 years.

Unfortunately perhaps the single most important reason for this is the fact that oral cancers continue to be diagnosed in advanced stages.

Research studies have repeatedly demonstrated when the diagnosis is established in early stages that the survival rate for oral cancer patients increases dramatically.

Origin! Oral cancer is part of a group of cancers called head and neck cancers. Oral cancer can develop in any part of the oral cavity or oropharynx. Most of this type cancer begins in the tongue and in the floor of the mouth.

Almost all oral cancers begin in the flat or squamous cells that cover the surfaces of the mouth, tongue, and lips. These cancers are called squamous cell carcinomas.