Oral Cancer

Mouth cancer refers to all of the parts that make up the mouth (oral cavity) that grow cancer. Lip cancer of the lips, gums, tongue , Within the lips, mouth roof, mouth floor. Cancer found within the mouth is often referred to as oral cancer or oral cancer of the cavity. Mouth cancer is one of several types of cancer grouped into a category called cancer of the head and neck. Mouth cancer and other cancers of the head and neck often receive similar treatment. Mouth cancers arise when cells produce changes (mutations) in their DNA on the lips or in the mouth. DNA of a cell contains instructions which tell a cell what to do. Changes in the mutations tell the cells to continue to grow and divide when healthy cells die. The accumulation of abnormal cancer cells in the mouth can form a tumor. Over time they will spread to other areas of the head and neck or other parts of the body within the mouth and onwards. Mouth cancer most commonly starts in the flat, thin cells (squamous cells) that line your lips and your mouth inside. Most of the oral cancers are carcinomous squamous cells. What causes the mutations in squamous cells that lead to the mouth can't be clear.