TECHNIQUE HELPS PATIENTS SWALLOW, SPEAK AFTER TONGUE CANCER SURGERY
Source: Canadian Press
Date: 2007-01-15
Author: Canadian Press: SHERYL UBELACKER
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/070115/x011508A.html
ID: 240600
Doctors at the University of Alberta have pioneered a technique
that gives most patients treated surgically for tongue cancer
the one thing they want most besides survival - the ability to
swallow and speak.
Most tongue and other oral cancers are caused by smoking and
drinking alcohol - a combination that multiplies the risk
dramatically over smoking alone. About 900 Canadians are
diagnosed with cancer of the tongue or tonsils each year.
