Oral Cancer: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Oral cancer is a type of cancer that affects the mouth and throat. It’s a serious disease that can be life-threatening if not detected early and treated promptly. While oral cancer may not be as well-known as other types of cancers, it still poses a significant risk to those who are at risk. In this blog post, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about oral cancer – its causes, symptoms, treatment options, and how you can prevent it from developing in the first place. So let’s dive right in!
What is Oral Cancer?
Oral cancer, also known as mouth cancer or oral cavity cancer, is a type of cancer that develops in the tissues of the mouth and throat. It can occur on any part of the oral cavity, including the lips, tongue, gums, cheeks, roof and floor of the mouth.
This type of cancer usually starts as a small white or red patch on the inside of your cheek or lip. Over time, it may grow into a larger lump or sore that doesn’t heal easily. In some cases, it may also cause pain or difficulty when swallowing.
Oral cancer can affect anyone at any age but is more common in older adults who smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco. Other risk factors include heavy alcohol consumption and exposure to HPV (human papillomavirus).
If left untreated for too long, oral cancer can spread to other parts of your body and become life-threatening. That’s why early detection through regular dental check-ups is crucial for successful treatment outcomes.
Causes of Oral Cancer
Oral cancer is a type of cancer that can occur in any part of the mouth, including the tongue, lips, gums, and jaw. It is generally caused by abnormal growth of cells in the oral cavity. The exact causes of oral cancer are not always clear, but there are several risk factors that increase its likelihood.
One significant cause of oral cancer is tobacco use. Smoking cigarettes or using smokeless tobacco greatly increases the risk for developing oral cancer. Alcohol consumption also contributes to this type of cancer as it irritates and damages cells lining the mouth.
Excessive exposure to UV radiation from sunlight has been linked to an increased incidence rate for lip cancers specifically. Other causes include human papillomavirus (HPV), poor nutrition, and compromised immune systems.
It’s important to note that while these factors may increase your chances of developing oral cancer; they do not necessarily mean you will experience this disease. Therefore it’s important to be well informed and cautious with lifestyle choices as prevention is key when avoiding such diseases like Oral Cancer
Symptoms of Oral Cancer
Oral cancer refers to any cancer that forms in the mouth or throat. This type of cancer can affect anyone, but it is more common in people over the age of 40 who use tobacco products and consume alcohol excessively. It’s important to know what symptoms to look out for so that oral cancer can be detected early.
One of the most common symptoms is a sore or ulcer that doesn’t heal within two weeks. The sore may be painless at first, but it will become painful as it grows larger.
Another symptom is red or white patches on the tongue, gums, tonsils, or lining of the mouth. These patches may bleed easily and are often mistaken for other conditions like thrush.
Other symptoms include difficulty chewing, swallowing, or speaking; a lump in the neck; ear pain; chronic bad breath; and loose teeth.
It’s important to note that these symptoms don’t always mean you have oral cancer – they could indicate another condition. However, if you experience any of these symptoms for more than two weeks, you should see your dentist or doctor right away. Early detection is key when it comes to treating oral cancer effectively.
Treatment of Oral Cancer
- There are several treatment options available for oral cancer, depending on the stage and location of the cancer. Surgery is usually the first line of treatment for early-stage oral cancers. This involves removing the tumor and a margin of healthy tissue around it. Depending on the extent of surgery required, patients may need reconstructive surgery to restore form and function in their mouths.
- Immunotherapy is another emerging treatment option that uses drugs to stimulate a patient’s immune system to attack cancer cells. Targeted therapy is also being investigated as a potential treatment option that targets specific genetic mutations within cancer cells.
- It’s important for patients diagnosed with oral cancer to discuss all their options with their healthcare providers before deciding on a course of treatment. Each person’s situation is unique, so what works best for one patient may not work well for another.
- Radiation therapy may be used either alone or in combination with surgery to treat more advanced cancers or as an alternative to surgery for those who cannot undergo surgical procedures. Chemotherapy can also be used in combination with radiation therapy to increase its effectiveness.
Prevention of Oral Cancer
Prevention of oral cancer is an important aspect that should be taken seriously. While there may be certain risk factors like age, genetics and gender that cannot be controlled, there are several lifestyle changes one can make to reduce the likelihood of developing oral cancer.
One way to prevent oral cancer is by avoiding tobacco products in any form. This includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco. Tobacco contains harmful chemicals which increase the risk of developing various types of cancers including oral cancer.
Another key factor in prevention is limiting alcohol consumption. Excessive alcohol intake has been linked with a higher incidence rate of oral cancer. It’s recommended to consume alcohol in moderation or avoid it altogether.
Maintaining good overall health through a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables can also aid in preventing oral cancers from forming. Regular exercise not only helps maintain healthy weight but also supports immune system function lowering the probability of developing chronic diseases including some types of cancers.
Undergoing dental check-ups regularly can help detect early symptoms leading to timely medical intervention if necessary thus reducing risks significantly over time.
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| List of Conferences_Conferences_Workshops_FDP-STTP_Symposia_Seminars_Webinar Organized by Institute (AITS)-2021-22 | ||||||||||
| S.No. | Name of the Convener | Name of the Coordinator(s) | Department | Title of the Conferences/Symposia/Seminars/Workshop/FDP/STTP/ Webinar /Guest Lecture | Number of Participants | In Collaboration with | Mode of Conduct(Offline Or Online) | National/International | Duration (from – to) (DD-MM-YYYY) | Address |
| 1 | Dr. J. Krishna | Mrs. J. Kalyani, Miss. E. Annapurna | AI & ML | Patenting your Innovations (Webinar) | 78 | No | Online | National | 03-09-2021 3pm to 5pm | AITS, Rajampet |
| 2 | Dr.Y Sreeramulu | Dr.T Naresh Kumar | Civil Engineering | National Conference on RESEARCH AND ADVANCED INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES (R&AITS-2021) | 29 | NA | ONLINE | NATIONAL | 28-08-2021 | AITS Rajampet |
| 3 | Dr.T Naresh Kumar | Mrs.N R Gowthami | Civil Engineering | Annamachary Talent Meet(Symposia) | 12 | NA | ONLINE | NATIONAL | 25-10-2021 | AITS Rajampet |
| 4 | Dr. M Subba Rao | B Naveen Kumar | CSE | National Level Technical Student Symposium, ATM-2K21 | 300 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 25-10-2021 to 30-10-2021 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 5 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr. S.Fahimuddin | CSE | Webinar–Image Processing using MATLAB | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 22-02-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 6 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr.Navaneetha | CSE | Webinar–The Metamorphosis of Rural Marketing in India Economy’ | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 24-02-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 7 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr.Navaneetha | CSE | Webinar–Constitutional Provisions and Laws in India: The Rules of National Human Rights Commission | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 27-02-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 8 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr.R.Suresh | CSE | Webinar–Awareness of Industrial Internship in Engineering Students | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 21-02-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 9 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr.R.Suresh | CSE | Webinar–Drafting of Patent | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 27-02-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 10 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Mrs. B.Nagamani | CSE | Webinar–Job Opportunities for SC/ST Students | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 28-02-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 11 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Mrs. N.R.Gowtami | CSE | Seminar–Women and Law | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 29-04-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 12 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr.B.Chennaiah | CSE | Guest Lecture–Cyber Physical Systems | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 04-08-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 13 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr. S.Fahimuddin | CSE | Guest Lecture–Basics of Optical Fiber Communication & its Applications | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 03-11-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 14 | Dr. M Subba Rao | Dr. K.Prasad | CSE | Workshop–Get the Job | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 03-12-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 15 | Dr. M Subba Rao | B Naveen Kumar | CSE | Webinar–Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence with MATLAB | 100 | AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 23-03-2022 | AITS, Rajampet |
| 16 | Dr CH NAGARAJU | Y PAVAN KUMAR REDDY, K. Giridhar Chaitanya | ECE | A two day Workshop on MATLAB Programming | 61 | Capricot Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad | Offline | National | 24/06/2022-25/06/2022 | Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Rajampet. |
| 17 | Dr. CH. Nagaraju | Dr. K. Shankar | ECE | Online webinar on Industrial Automation using Embedded Systems & IoT | 50 | NA | Online | National | 10-04-2022 | AITS – Rajampet |
| 18 | Dr. M.Subbarao | Dr.Fahimuddin Shaik | ECE | National Level E-QUIZ on Aptitude & Reasoning | 673 | IEEE Student Branch,AITS, Rajampet | Online | National | 05-02-2022 | Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Rajampet. |
| 19 | Dr.CH.Nagaraju | Fahimuddin Shaik (Host Coordinator) | ECE | A two-week Online Faculty Development Programme on Open Power ISA RISC based Architecture Design under the “Scheme of financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) | around 100 | IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, MNIT Jaipur, NIT Patna and PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur | Online | National | October 18 – October 29, 2021 | Dept. of ECE, AITS, Rajampet (Online Mode) |
| 20 | Dr CH NAGARAJU | M RAVI KISHORE | ECE | Open Power ISA RISC based Architecture Design (Enabled by Industry IBM) | 240 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Online | National | 18 – 29 October, 2021 | Electronics & ICT Academy Supported by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
| 21 | Dr.CH.Nagaraju | Dr. K. Riyazuddin, Publication Chair : Dr. Fahimuddin Shaik | ECE | Online National Conference on Sustainable Electronics and Applications (NC’SEA-21), August 2021 | around 50 | Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Rajampet | Online | National | Aug-21 | Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Rajampet |
| 22 | Dr. CH. Nagaraju | Dr. K. Shankar, Mr. G. Thirumalaiah | ECE | Online Webinar on SIW Antennas for 5G Applications | 150 | NA | Online | National | 09-08-2021 | AITS – Rajampet |
| 23 | Dr.CH Nagaraju | Mr.G.Thirumalaiah | ECE | One week online Webinar Series -2021 on Recent Advancements of Soft Computing techniques in Applied Electronics (RASTE-21) | 576 | ISTE.IEEE and Applied Robot Control(ARC) | Online | National | From 15.06.2021 to 19.06.2021 | AITS, RAJAMPET-516115 |
| 24 | Dr.M.Padma Lalitha | S.Muqthiar Ali P.Suresh Babu N.Sreeramula Reddy | EEE | ELECTRIC MANTHRA E-PROJECT EXPO 2021 | 46 | … | Online | National | 1 day 17/7/2021 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 25 | Dr.S.Suresh | Dr.O.hema kesavulu Dr.P.Gopi | EEE | Challenges and oppartunities in Electric Vehicle Technology | 133 | AICTE-ISTE | Online | National | 1 week 28/12/2021 to 3/1/2022 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 26 | Dr.M.padma lalitha | L.Baya reddy | EEE | Guest Lecture on Recent Electrical power cable technologies | 120 | … | Online | National | 1 day 17/12/2021 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 27 | Dr.O.Hema Kesavulu Dr.Pasala Gopi | Dr.P.B.Chennaiah,Dr.P.Jyoshna,Dr.Dhanunjaya Babu,Dr.Suresh,S.Muqthiar Ali,P.Bhaskara Prasad,Dr.B.Madhusudhan Reddy,C.Ganesh,P.Suresh Babu,R.Madhan Mohan | EEE | National Conference on Electrical Sciences(NCES-2021) | 13 | … | Online | National | 1 day 11/1/2022 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 28 | Dr.M.Padma Lalitha | L.Baya reddy | EEE | Guest Lecture on Micro Grid | 170 | … | Online | National | 1 day 29/4/22 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 29 | Dr.M.Padma Lalitha | L.Baya reddy | EEE | Guest Lecture on Real time operation of Relays and Circuit breakers | 150 | … | Online | National | 1 day 16/6/2022 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 30 | Dr.M.Padma Lalitha | L.Baya reddy | EEE | Guest Lecture on Arduino and Its innovative design | 150 | … | Online | National | 1 day 20/6/2022 | AITS,Rajampet |
| 31 | Dr.V.Mouneswari | Dr.P.Subramanyam | Department of MBA | One day Webinar on “Financial Empowerment through Strategic Planning” | 320 | Association of Mutual Funds in India(AMFI) | Online | National | 25/05/2022 | AITS, Rajampeta |
| 32 | C.Madana Kumar Reddy (HOD,Assot.Prof) | S.Mastan (Asst.Prof) | MCA | Workshop | 191 | ETL TOOLS Talented | Online | national | 30-04-2022 | Hydreabad |
| 33 | Dr A. Hemantha Kumar | Er. Suresh Babu. G & Er. S.M.D Saleemuddin | M.E | Introduction to Patents and PatentFilingProcedure inIndia | 70 | Online | National | 09.-07-2021 | AITS Rajampet | |
| 34 | Dr A. Hemantha Kumar | Er. Suresh Babu. G & Er. S.M.D Saleemuddin | M.E | StatisticsforEngineeringResearch | 50 | Online | National | 30-07-2021 | AITS Rajampet | |
| 35 | Dr A. Hemantha Kumar | Er. Suresh Babu. G & Er. S.M.D Saleemuddin | M.E | Advanced in Mechanical Engineering Research | 100 | Online | National | 10-08-2021 to 14-08-2021 | AITS Rajampet | |
| 36 | Dr A. Hemantha Kumar | Dr. Bhupalam Venkatesh | M.E | National Conference on Research & Advanced Innovations in Technology and Sciences | 31 | Orange publication | Online | National | 28-08-2021 | AITS Rajampet |
| 37 | Dr. A. Hemantha Kumar | Dr. P.V. Sanjeeva Kumar | M.E | ANNAMACHARYA TALENT MEET 2021 | 55 | Online | National | 25-10-2021 to 30-10-2021 | AITS Rajampet | |