Treatment For Tongue Cancer

1. Surgery : surgical treatment of carcinoma of the tongue. Experts say that the case T1 can be used for more than 1 cm away from the outer wound wedge resection of the tumor, stage T2-T4 half tongue resection or glossectomy cases.

2. Radiotherapy: radiotherapy can be used for advanced tongue cancer in patients after preoperative adjuvant therapy.

3. Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy can be used as adjuvant therapy in patients with advanced tongue cancer before and after surgery, in addition to chemotherapy for patients with distant metastases.

4. Chinese Medicine: Chinese medicine tongue carcinoma can cover from chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, sufficient to consolidate the treatment effect, reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Tongue cancer treatment after surgery

1. After the surgery the same day no obligation to use the pillows, the position should be supine and flat, the second day can take a half-sitting half-supine position, to reduce the hyperemia and edema

2. Observe carefully mark the life of patients with cancer of the tongue, note the respiratory tract.

3. Observe the tube channel if there is a blockage, note the color of the liquid tube, quality, quantity, if there is an abnormal immediate medical attention.

4. After the surgery using a nasogastric / NG Tube to include nutritious food, after 7 to 10 days the patient can eat liquid food directly from his mouth.

5. Give mouth care guidelines for patients with cancer of the tongue and oral hygiene note

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Tongue Cancer

Tongue Cancer is the most common oral cancer, tongue cancer occurs at the edge of the tongue, followed by the tongue, back of the tongue and the base of the tongue, etc., are often the type of ulcer or infiltrative type.

According to statistics, the incidence of tongue cancer is approximately 0.8% to 1.5% of the systemic malignancy, accounting for 5% to 7.8% of head and neck cancer, accounting for 32.3% and 50.6% of cancers of the mouth, where more men than women, at an average age of 60-years early.

Symptoms of Tongue cancer

1. Side of the tongue, the tip of the tongue, back of the tongue, etc.. Unhealed ulcers for a long time.

2. Bumps on the tongue, hard lump, not obvious, pain, rapid growth

3. Limited tongue movement, there have difficulty swallowing food

The cause of tongue cancer?

The cause of tongue cancer has not been fully determined, but the view is more appropriate is a chronic wound, ultraviolet light, X-rays and other radioactive substances can be a risk factor for cancer of the tongue, in addition, psychological factors, endocrine factors, immune status and genetic factors also have been found in the occurrence of cancer of the tongue.

Diagnosis of tongue cancer

1. Imaging examination: X-ray tomography and CT diagnostic value to determine the level of involvement of tongue cancer

2. Biopsy: a dangerous wound from a tongue scraper or cutting on living tissue to check for neck and swollen lymph nodes, if the need to do a lymph node biopsy.

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