Can people who quit tobacco have mouth Cancer? - Dr. Girish Rao

One of the most common reasons why a person gets mouth cancer or oral cancer is because of chewing tobacco and this is rampant in this part of the world. People start off with pan masala, that is a mixture of pan and tobacco or it could be even gutka, which is tobacco itself. Once you have this habit of chewing pan masala or guava or and usually this becomes very hard. What is soft and supple can become very hard and people present with difficulty in opening the mouth or many at times severe burning sensation and this is called as oral submucus fibrosis and other is a red patch or a white patch in people who chew tobacco and this is called premalignant condition and these are no cancerous at this part of time. So both oral submucus fibrosis and the red and white patches are precabcrous. So if you stop this habit. There are high chances that the entire process can be reversed and these pre cancerous condition can transform into normal mucosa. For people who continue with the habit, it can undergo the transformation. This transformation can be in the late stage or in the early stage. The fact that I have quit tobacco, it is possible that it can regress and become normal. But since the case has actually happened, there is a possibility that it can progress on. That is the reason why we always say, in a small percentage of cases, where if you have quit tobacco, you can still get mouth cancer. It is very important that you see the doctor on a monthly or a two monthly basis, we detect cancer very early because if we dative cancer, at an early stage, the treatment is different. You can completely cure cancer if it is detected early. However advanced cancer is totally different even though there are advanced treatments like radiotherapy, chemotherapy today, but still the outcome is still unpredictable. But my take here is give up your habits. Pan masalas and gutka has to be stopped. the cancers are if you have quit tobacco it can become very normal, but it is important to see your doctor to pick this at a very early stage.

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