A Simple Guide to Cancer of the Tongue, Diagnosis and

A Simple Guide to Cancer of the Tongue, Diagnosis and Treatment (A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions)

Introduction

Ode to Tongue Cancer

No one wants cancer or his body cell to becomes mutant
But when the body mutates and become malignant
There is nothing much that you can do about it
All you do is hope the cancer cells can be removed by surgery

The other treatments in the past is radiation or chemotherapy
Now there are stem cells, hormone treatment and immunotherapy
Targeted therapy is focused directly on a particular cluster of cancer cells
The exact location where the cancer cells dwell

Avoid smoking if possible; cigarette smoke has 40 types of carcinogens
Avoid alcohol which can cause cancer of mouth, esophagus and liver conditions
Avoid chemicals like asbestos, alfatoxins from nuts and silica
Avoid sun rays, radiation from phones, viral infections and trauma

-An original poem by Kenneth Kee

Interesting Tips about the Tongue Cancer

A Healthy Lifestyle

1. Take a well Balanced Diet

2. As usual the treatment of cancer consists of Surgery, Radiation treatment and chemotherapy. The choice of treatment depends on the size, extent and the type of cancer and the general health. A. Surgery
Surgery is done to remove the Tongue tumor.
Small Stage I and stage II tumors confined to the tongue, per- oral horizontal wedge excision is achieved easily.

For tumors more than 4 cm (Stage III and above), surgery is also done to remove the tumor and any affected lymph nodes in the neck followed by radiation treatment to the neck..

B. Radiation treatment
Radiation treatment alone can be used to treat Tongue gland cancers (Stage I and Stage II) using interstitial implants with or without external beam radiation treatment or surgical excision with good results.(5 year disease free survival rate in 90 per cent of cases similar to surgery).

Radiation treatment can be used in conjunction with surgery especially where there is spread to lymph nodes and other parts of the body .

The 5 year disease free Survival rate is about 40-50 per cent (Stage 3) and 15-30 per cent(stage 4) with lymph node metastasis..

C. Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is usually not used in cancer of the tongue.
It is not very effective in treating Tongue gland cancers and is used only more for the cancer which has spread to the lungs, bones and other parts of the body.

3. Keep bones and body strong

Bone marrow produces our blood

Eat foods rich in calcium like yogurt, cheese, milk and dark green vegetables.

Eat foods rich in Vitamin D, like eggs, fatty fish, cereal, and fortified milk.

Eat food rich in Vitamins B and C such as green vegetables and fruits

Zinc and other minerals are important to the body

4. Get enough rest and Sleep

Avoid stress and tension

5. Exercise and stay active.

It is best to do weight-bearing exercise such as walking, jogging, stair climbing, dancing, or lifting weights for 2Â½ hours a week.

One way to do this is to be active 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week.

Begin slowly especially if a person has not been active.

6. Do not drink more than 2 alcohol drinks a day for a man or 1 alcohol drink a day for a woman.

Alcohol can affect the neurons and brain cells.

7. Stop or do not begin smoking.

It also interferes with blood supply and healing.

Cigarettes contain more than forty types of hazardous and possibly cancer causing chemicals which can harm the smokers and those around them

Chapter 1

Tongue Cancer

Tongue Cancer is a malignant condition of the Tongue.

Malignant tumors of the Tongue are not common.

The more common age is in people over 50 but can occur at any age.

More males are affected by tongue cancer more frequently by two times than females.

Types of Tongue Cancer:

1. Anterior tongue (first two thirds) is the site of two thirds of the cancers.

The oral tongue is the front two thirds of the tongue.

Cancers of the oral tongue come under a group of cancers called oral cancer.

2. Base of the tongue are more aggressiv
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-10-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-10-31
Format	Kindle eBook

A Simple Guide to Cancer of the Tongue, Diagnosis and Treatment (A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions)

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