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Podcast: The Healthy Mouth Movement Podcast
Episode: Head, Neck, and Oral Cancers
Description: Oral cancer has a particularly high mortality rate because it is often not diagnosed until it has progressed to a later stage of development. If you have been having difficulty opening your mouth, a sore inside your mouth on the roof of your mouth that doesn't heal or lasts more than 14 days, it’s time to get checked. There are different symptoms of these cancers and sometimes, people experience a combination of them. So, how are oral, head, and neck cancers treated? They're usually treated with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy, and they target that specific cancer. T...