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Mouth Cancer:

Our mouth is made up of different parts such as lips, cheeks, salivary glands, roof, back and floor of mouth, gums, teeth, tongue and tonsils. Oral cancer generally occur after the age of 45 but it may be in any age. Cancer that developed in the oral cavity is called mouth cancer. Oral cancer is a group of cancer related to mouth, head and neck. In generally mouth cancer developed in tongue and floor of mouth. Squamous cell carcinomas are a cancer developed in flat cells that covers the surface of mouth, tongue and lips. Oral cancer spread through the lymphatic system and carried along by lymph, a clear and water fluid. Mouth cancer first appears in nearby lymph node in the neck. Oral cancer also spread in other parts of the body but also in other parts of body it is called oral cancer and treated as an oral cancer. Suppose if oral cancer spread in lung, it also called the oral cancer not a lung cancer and treated as an oral cancer.