Informative Speech On Oral Cancer
Author: Prachi Gera
All you need to know about oral cancer
Meta Description: Oral cancer incidence is on a rise with many new cases coming to light each year. The lifestyle changes and use of cigarettes and alcohol in our lives have unwittingly put us at further risk of having this disease.
Keywords: Oral cancer, mouth cancer, tobacco smoke, prevention, treatment cancer, symptoms oral cancer, risk factors
Intro Text: Knowledge about the disease is the first step towards its prevention. Understanding what causes a particular disease, whether you are at risk and what are the symptoms that can appear will equip you to keep the disease at bay and stay healthy.
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Oral cancer or mouth cancer like any other cancer starts with an alteration to the …show more content…
But many related risk factors have been identified that increase your chances of getting affected by oral cancer. Some of these include:
1. Smoking: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of having oral cancer many fold. Even pipe and cigar smoking can lead to cancer. Several studies have highlighted the association between smoking and cancer. The risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked over a period of time. This is due to the large number of carcinogens present in the tobacco smoke. Risk decreases with the cessation of smoking.
2. Alcohol: Alcohol consumption is another factor that greatly increases your risk factor. Most of the cases diagnosed with oral cancer have a history of excessive alcohol consumption.
3. Chewing tobacco, betel quid and other such substances can also lead to cancerous conditions.
Myth: Oral cancer cannot cause death
Fact: Oral cancer may be less aggressive than other types of cancers in terms of spreading but it has a high fatality rate more than that of cervical
All you need to know about oral cancer
Meta Description: Oral cancer incidence is on a rise with many new cases coming to light each year. The lifestyle changes and use of cigarettes and alcohol in our lives have unwittingly put us at further risk of having this disease.
Keywords: Oral cancer, mouth cancer, tobacco smoke, prevention, treatment cancer, symptoms oral cancer, risk factors
Intro Text: Knowledge about the disease is the first step towards its prevention. Understanding what causes a particular disease, whether you are at risk and what are the symptoms that can appear will equip you to keep the disease at bay and stay healthy.
Body
Oral cancer or mouth cancer like any other cancer starts with an alteration to the …show more content…
But many related risk factors have been identified that increase your chances of getting affected by oral cancer. Some of these include:
1. Smoking: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of having oral cancer many fold. Even pipe and cigar smoking can lead to cancer. Several studies have highlighted the association between smoking and cancer. The risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked over a period of time. This is due to the large number of carcinogens present in the tobacco smoke. Risk decreases with the cessation of smoking.
2. Alcohol: Alcohol consumption is another factor that greatly increases your risk factor. Most of the cases diagnosed with oral cancer have a history of excessive alcohol consumption.
3. Chewing tobacco, betel quid and other such substances can also lead to cancerous conditions.
Myth: Oral cancer cannot cause death
Fact: Oral cancer may be less aggressive than other types of cancers in terms of spreading but it has a high fatality rate more than that of cervical