Cigarettes, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and snuff is is the most common cause of oral cancer. If it is discovered too late, a person is diagnosed with advanced stages have a poor chance of survival. After the surgery, cancer patients end up with missing jaw, teeth and/or a part of the face that are completely unrecognized. It is sad.


My neighbor whom I used to live in Florida had thoat cancer in the past. For many years he used to chewing tobacco. If I remember correct he had surgery then went thru chemo and has lost of weight alot. Now I heard he has cancer free and is doing great! Found this website below that might help you understand.
Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living - MayoClinic.com
Type "Oral Cancer" in search box then you will see there is seven lists.
Maria ... I'm so sorry to hear about your brother has it. I hope he will take care of it immediately to be safe. He's in my prayers.

Yes I've heard about oral cancer, it's looks like a swelling redness patches on the tongue, lips, throat and other parts of the mouth and I'm not positive sure if there is a cure for that, but if it's discovered early, then there's a good chance of survival, here's some images of what the oral cancer looks like Oral Cancer - Google Image Search
And I'm very sorry to hear about your brother, hope that he will get it taken care immediately, will keep him in my prayers![]()
One of my friend who was player baseball. He used chewing tobacco for many years so now his bottom part jaw and teeth been missing! He is fine now.![]()
I have sources directly from hospitals. Cancer runs in my family. I know the routine well. Last time, my cousin holds a doctoral degree in physical therapy told me he worked with one of his patients who had oral cancer. A part of his jaw and lip are gone. His patient plans to have cosmetic surgery to correct his lip and jaw to appear normal. I want to state my comment that I'm so sorry to hear that your brother has it. I can understand your position. It is normal to feel sad and stress when somebody you love has cancer. Your brother will need your full support mentally when he is faced with chemo and surgery, which is not a easy task. Where is this cancer located? Teeth, Jaw, or mouth? He had his biopsy done?
These are excellent links.
Oral Cancer Home Page - National Cancer Institute
ACS :: Oral Cancer
Oh gosh Maria, I sure hope you Bro is okay... I hope they catch it in time. Yes like the others are say losing the jaw bone, teeth, part of his tongue, part of your face and all it's not a good thing to go through as I know my family friend's nephew who was a heavy smoker died from the samething at age 21 last year. Yes it's possible if cancer or smokers runs in the family or it just one in a million he got it as his dad and grandfather are heavy smokers. Well the baseball player probably would have it worst if he didn't have the money....
May god be with you and family Maria, please take one day at a time to treasure your good memories with your love ones... hang in there.. I would just enjoy the times not think about the oral cancer when having get togethers like our last... have fun while it lasts is a great memory!!! not be sad..
You all are in my prayers and thoughts.
((comfort hard huggss))
Aww I'm sorry to hear about your brother, I hope he'll be okay, and I'll keep him in my thoughts and prayer as well.![]()
backYikes, that looks bad ( in that link ) and really scary. Now, I am worried about my brother. I only had one brother in the family. Thanks for your prayers for my brother. I would do the same.![]()