Oral Cancer Facts – Facts About Oral Cancer
Facts About Oral Cancer
* One half to two-thirds of these cancer cases are found in men and people older than 45.
* Other risk factors include prolonged sun exposure (for cancer of the lip) and human papilloma virus infection.
* The tongue is the most common site of oral cancer. Typically, the side of the tongue (farthest back in the mouth) is involved.
* A person who uses alcohol and tobacco is 100 times more likely to develop oral cancer than someone who does not use either substance
* 25% of oral cancer patients do not have any of the signs of the risk factors for oral cancer. This makes having a dental exam every 6 months a necessity to detect this cancer.
* Oral cancer affects 30,000 people a year. It starts in the mouth (oral cavity) and can interfere with the ability to breath, talk, eat, chew or swallow.
* More than 30,000 to 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer a year.
* Of the 400,000 people worldwide who are diagnosed each year with oral cancer, only half will be alive in five years time. Every hour of every day, one American dies of oral cancer.
* Men’s risk of being diagnosed with oral caner is twice that of women.
* 95% of oral cancer is diagnosed in people older than 45 years, with the median age of diagnosis is 64 years.
* The most frequent oral cancer sites are the tongue, floor of the mouth, soft palate tissue areas in back of the tongue, lips and gums.
* About 30,000 Americans diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer each year, 8000 will die.
* Oral cancer is more likely to strike after the age of 50 however there has been a significant increase in oral cancer in people under age 30.
* In the past 10 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of oral cancer patients under the age of 30 who have no identifiable risk factors of contracting he disease.
* While it is true that having a close relative, – mother, father, sister or brother – with oral cancer, may increase your risk, it does not automatically mean you will develop oral cancer.
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