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    This document discusses different types of oral cancers including lip, cheek, salivary gland, hard palate, soft palate, floor of mouth, gum, tongue and tonsillar cancers. It also outlines various treatment options for oral cancers such as surgical excision, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, maxillectomy, mandibulectomy, glossectomy, radical neck dissection, Mohs procedure, and combinations of glossectomy and laryngectomy.

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    This document discusses different types of oral cancers including lip, cheek, salivary gland, hard palate, soft palate, floor of mouth, gum, tongue and tonsillar cancers. It also outlines various treatment options for oral cancers such as surgical excision, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, maxillectomy, mandibulectomy, glossectomy, radical neck dissection, Mohs procedure, and combinations of glossectomy and laryngectomy.

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    This document discusses different types of oral cancers including lip, cheek, salivary gland, hard palate, soft palate, floor of mouth, gum, tongue and tonsillar cancers. It also outlines various treatment options for oral cancers such as surgical excision, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, maxillectomy, mandibulectomy, glossectomy, radical neck dissection, Mohs procedure, and combinations of glossectomy and laryngectomy.

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    This document discusses different types of oral cancers including lip, cheek, salivary gland, hard palate, soft palate, floor of mouth, gum, tongue and tonsillar cancers. It also outlines various treatment options for oral cancers such as surgical excision, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, maxillectomy, mandibulectomy, glossectomy, radical neck dissection, Mohs procedure, and combinations of glossectomy and laryngectomy.

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    LIP

    CANCER

    CHEEK CANCER

    SALIVARY GLAND CANCER

    HARD PALATE CANCER

    SOFT PALATE AND UVULAR CANCER

    CANCER AT THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH

    GUM CANCER

    TONGUE CANCER

    TONSILLAR CANCER

    Surgical Excision
    Removal

    of tumor if the tumor is small enough

    Radiation Therapy
    Definitive

    radical tx especially if the tumor is inoperable.

    Chemotherapy
    Used

    in conjunction with Radiotherapy if the tumor is inoperable.

    Maxillectomy
    Surgical

    resection of the maxilla or the upper jaw bone.

    Mandibulectomy
    Removal

    of mandible or lower jaw or a part of

    it.

    Glossectomy
    Tongue
    May

    removal

    be total, hemi or partial

    Radical Neck Dissection

    surgical control of a neck metastasis.

    Mohs Procedure
    Chemosurgery

    allows for the removal of a skin cancer with very narrow surgical margin and a high cure rate.

    Combination of Glossectomy and Laryngectomy


    Needed

    if there is the metastasis of the cancer cells into the Larynx and the tongue.

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