Oral Cancer

Telephone (1-800-4-CANCER): Information Specialists at NCI's Cancer Information Service can answer questions about cancer and can send materials published by NCI.
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Each year in the United States, about 29,000 people learn they have cancer of the oral cavity (the mouth and lips) or the oropharynx (the part of the throat at the back of the mouth.)

Scientists are studying oral cancer to learn more about this disease, and doctors are exploring new ways to treat it. This research keeps increasing our knowledge about oral cancer. The NCI (National Cancer Institute) provides the most up-to-date information by telephone and on the Internet:

Cancer.gov

1(800)4.CANCER