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Oral Cavity Cancers
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Oral Cavity Cancers
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Expert Surgical Care for Cancers
These include cancer of cheek, tongue, gums,jaw bones,undersurface of tongue
Symptoms can vary depending on the type of gynae cancer but may include:
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge
- Pelvic or abdominal pain
- Pain during intercourse
- Bloating or feeling full quickly
- Frequent or urgent urination
- Lump or swelling in the pelvic area
Gynae cancers are staged based on the size of the tumor, depth of invasion, and spread to nearby tissues or distant organs:
Stage I:
Localized to the origin organ
Stage II:
Spread to nearby reproductive structures
Stage III:
Spread to pelvic or abdominal lymph nodes
Stage IV:
Distant metastasis to organs like the liver or lungs
- Family history of gynae cancers
- HPV infection (especially for cervical cancer)
- Early menstruation or late menopause
- Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
- Use of hormone replacement therapy
- Smoking and poor diet
- Cervical Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Smoking
- Tobacco chewing
- Sharp tooth
- Persistent white or red patch in oral cavity
- Biopsy of lesion
- CT scan
- MRI in some cases
- Very early stage – cancer less than 2 cm with no lymph node spread in neck
- Early stage – cance 2-4 cm with no nodes spread
- Advanced stage- cancer more than 4 cm or lymph node spread
- Very advanced stage- tumor spread to surrounding structures with involovement of major arteries of neck
- Very early and early stages- only surgery with primary closure or only radiation therapy.
- Advanced and very advanced stgaes- Surgery will be very radical with large defects which will require complex reconstruction. Patient also receives radiation therapy post surgery
- Role of chemotherapy is limited in oral cavity cancers
Surgeries are performed by using open, laparoscopy and robotic techniques.