Floor Of The Mouth Cancer Staging

Cancer of the floor of the mouth these are usually squamous cancers that arise as a sore under the edge of the tongue the floor of mouth see picture 1 and picture 2 these cancers can be treated with surgery or radiation see nccn guidelines for early or advanced lesions and the radiation dose see.

Floor of the mouth cancer staging.

How large is the main primary tumor and which if any tissues of the oral cavity or oropharynx it has spread to. For oral cancer there are 5 stages stage 0 followed by stages 1 to 4. Tnm stages for mouth cancer. The extent of the t umor t.

The stage of mouth cancer tells you its size and depth and whether it has spread. Often the stages 1 to 4 are written as the roman numerals i ii iii and iv. Generally the higher the stage number the more the cancer has spread. An estimated 49 670 people will be diagnosed with oral cavity cancer or oropharyngeal cancer in 2017 according to the american cancer society and 9 700 of these cases will be.

Doctors stage mouth cancers differently to cancers that start in the throat behind the mouth oropharyngeal cancer. The most common staging system for oral cancer is the tnm system. The staging system most often used for oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancers is the american joint committee on cancer ajcc tnm system which is based on 3 key pieces of information. This page is about the tnm stages for cancers starting in the mouth.

Talk to your doctor if you have questions about staging. Using tobacco products particularly chewing tobacco and regularly drinking too much alcohol can increase your chances of developing.