Oral cancer includes cancers of the mouth, tongue, cheek and lips. Tobacco in both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is leading cause of these deadly cancers.
SPECIMEN 1: Tongue Cancer - Notice the sore on the left side of this tongue. Unless ths harmless looking cancer is cut out, it will spread.
SPECIMEN 2: Swelling of the Mouth - Smoking can irritate the skin of the mouth, causing it to swell. Notice the bumps - and the teeth stains.
SPECIMEN 3: Oral Cancer - this subject used snuff for 20 years. (courtesy American Cancer Society, "Oral Cancer: Fourth Edition")
SPECIMEN 4: Smoker's Palate - primarily seen in pipe smokers. (courtesy American Cancer Society, "Oral Cancer: Fourth Edition")
