If it originates in the back or base of your tongue, it's considered to be oropharynx or throat cancer. Early-stage tongue cancer has symptoms that may be overlooked or confused with other ...

Symptoms of tongue cancer include: An ulcer that lasts more than two weeks Pain in the same spot when eating and drinking An ulcer that bleeds Many people visit a dentist first. If the dentist ...

Lynn Hunt, from Oxfordshire, England, told Newsweek: "I'm not a worrier, so the thought that the ulcer could be something sinister never crossed my mind." ...

Many symptoms of head and neck cancer are hard to miss—a lump in the neck, persistent hoarseness, a mouth sore that doesn't ...

One might think that a cancer of the tongue would be detected by the patient in its early stages and that the curability would be high, but this is not the case. Patients delay in seeking medical ...

Oral Scan, a free app in which each diagnosis will cost just 50 cents, and deliver a response in just 15 seconds.

Chef Grant Achatz opened up to PEOPLE about losing his sense of taste and smell while undergoing treatment for stage 4 tongue cancer. Now he's reflecting on his journey and sharing advice with other ...

The actor was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and ... However, since the early 1970s, there has been a steady increase in cancers of the throat, tongue, and tonsils that are linked to HPV ...

Beth Riehle, a cancer patient, is using social media to show that life can still be full and meaningful, even after a ...

Oral cancer is any cancer of the mouth, either on or under the tongue, gums or roof of the mouth. The most common symptom is a lesion or wound in the mouth that's firm and painful and doesn't go ...