Mouth Cancer Awareness: Julita's cancer story
Julita talks about her experience being treated for cancer of the neck. There are over 700 cases of mouth, head and neck cancer in Ireland each year. It is most common among those aged 50 or older but can be diagnosed in younger people too and instances of this are increasing. These cancers are more common among men but this too is changing.
There are several different types of cancers that can grow in parts of the head, neck or mouth including:
● oral cancers (lips, tongue, gums, cheeks, hard palate (roof of the mouth) and floor of the mouth)
● oropharyngeal cancers (soft part of the roof of the mouth, the back and side wall of the throat and the base of the tongue)
● cancer of the nose (nasopharynx, where the throat joins the nose, nostril and the lining of the nose)
● cancer of the ear
● cancer of the tonsils
For more information, visit www.cancer.ie/mouthcancer or call the Cancer Nurseline on Freephone 1800 200 700.
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