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oral cancer

Smoking and Oral Cancer

There are hundreds of chemicals in smoke, many of which are cancer-causing or carcinogenic in nature.

Consider this if you have a family history of oral cancer

It includes malignancy of the vermillion borders of the lips and all surfaces of the oral cavity including the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. These cancers occur predominantly as squamous cell carcinomas, and are highly lethal, incapacitating, and disfiguring.