Ask.Dentist: WHAT IS MOUTH/ ORAL CANCER?
Most people have heard of cancer affecting parts of the body such as the lungs or breasts.
However, cancer can occur in the mouth, where the disease can affect the lips, tongue, cheeks and throat. It can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated early!
In Malaysia, five in every 100,000 men in have oral cancer; while four in every 100,000 women have oral cancer.
Oral cancer is the 11th commonest cancer in Malaysia, with Indians having the highest risk, followed by Malays and Chinese.
Sabah and Sarawak have higher prevalence of oral cancer compared to peninsular Malaysia, this probably due to their oral tobacco habits.
There are about two new cases of oral cancer were diagnosed every day in our country. This is quite a substantial figure although oral cancer is not among the commonest cancers here. Throughout the world, oral cancer is the 6th most common cancers.
Ask.Dentist will further explain about the oral cancer in 3 parts:
1) Are you at risk?
2) How do you check?
3) What are treatments of oral cancer?
With the knowledge, we hope we can fight against the oral cancer together! Together, we can save life!
Ask.Dentist will further explain about the oral cancer in 3 parts:
1) Are you at risk?
2) How do you check?
3) What are treatments of oral cancer?
With the knowledge, we hope we can fight against the oral cancer together! Together, we can save life!
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牙牙学医：什么是口腔癌
口腔癌為發生在口腔的惡性腫瘤之總稱，大部分屬麟狀細胞癌，可出現在口腔的任何部位，包括唇、舌、口腔底、頰黏膜、齒齦、硬顎部、臼齒後區及顎部。如果没有尽早诊断与治疗，它会对您宝贵的生命带来威胁。
在马来西亚，每100，000男性中有5个口腔癌的案例，而女性则每100，000中有4个案例。它是马来西亚排名第十一的癌症。印度同胞有最高的风险，其次是马来同胞，再来是华人。在东马（沙巴及沙劳越）口腔癌比西马更为盛行，其主要原因可能与口服烟草的习惯有极大的关系。
在我们的国家里，差不多每一天都有2个新的口腔癌案例。虽然它不是我们国家里最为普遍的癌症，但这数据确实令人担心。口腔癌是全球排名第六的癌症！
牙牙学医将与您分享跟多有关口腔癌的知识：
3）口腔癌的治疗？
