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Treatments could include:
- Surgical Removal of...
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
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Intravenous chemotherapy
- Speech Therapy
- Smoking Cessation
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Alcohol Abstinence
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Surgical removal of the tumor is usually recommended if the tumor is small enough. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy would likely be used when the tumor is larger or has spread to lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery may be necessary for large tumors.
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Cancer care team typically involves physician specialists to include, surgeon (oral or neck and head surgeon), a dentist (in cases of oral cancers), a medical oncologist and a radiation therapist.
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Treatment depends upon the location and stage of the cancer, as well as the age and overall health of the patient. It generally consists of a combination of surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible and radiation and/or adjuvant chemothe...
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Tumor removal is a surgical procedure to remove an abnormal growth.
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A tumor is an abnormal growth caused by the uncontrolled division of cells. Benign tumors do not have the potential to spread to other parts of the body (a process called metastasis) and are curable by surgical removal. Malignant or cancerous tumo...
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Chemotherapy is the systemic (whole body) treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs. This article focuses on cancer chemotherapy.
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Chemotherapy is treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs .
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Chemotherapy, sometimes referred to as "chemo," is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
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Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anti- cancer drugs .
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Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
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Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells.
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Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy penetrating radiation (x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, and neutron rays) to kill cancer cells.
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Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
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The following organizations are good resources for information on hearing impairment or speech impairment: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - www.asha.org; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - www.nidcd.nih.gov; Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - www.agbell.org; American Academy of Audiology - www.audiology.org. See also: Blindness - resources
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Smoking prevalence has been declining in countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, but these declines are matched by increasing rates in most other countries. The Healthy People 2010 goal in the United States ...
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There are a lot of ways to quit smoking and many resources to help you. Family members, friends, and coworkers may be supportive or encouraging, but the desire and commitment to quit must be your own. Most people who have been able to successfully...
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Smoking cessation is the medical term for quitting smoking. It is a vital part of cancer prevention because smoking is the single most preventable cause of death from cancer. As early as 1982, the Surgeon General reported that tobacco causes more ...
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Smoking cessation means "to quit smoking," or "withdrawal from nicotine." Because smoking is highly addictive, quitting the habit often involves irritability, headache, mood swings, and cravings associated with the sudden cessation or reduction of...
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