Oral Cancer (100% Correct Answers)

incidence of oral cancers correct answers 4% of naturally occurring cancers leading sights for oral malignancies correct answers 1. tongue 2. floor of mouth prime age and sex for oral cancer correct answers over age 40 2:1 male to female causal relationships to oral cancer correct answers 1. tobacco -pipes=lip cancer -cigarettes=oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer -snuff dipping/tobacco chewing=cheek and gum cancer 2. alcohol consumption -10x increase in cancer w/heavy alcohol and tobacco usage (also cirrhosis) syngergistic relationships to oral cancer correct answers 1. alcohol and tobacco=drying effect on epithelium (makes it more susceptible) 2. poor oral hygiene 3. ill-fitting prosthetic appliances and dentures 4. spicy food possible sites for oral cancer correct answers 1. lip 2. anterior floor of mouth 3. lateral floors of mouth 4. tonsils 5. tongue 6. esophagus most common types of cancer on the tonsil correct answers 1. squamous cell carcinoma 2. lymphoma initial stages and symptoms of oral cancer correct answers 1. Leukoplakia -is a precancerous lesion -is a white patch on the epithelium 2. Erythroplakia -oral mucosa transformation -red -precancerous lesion