Oral Cancers

What are the symptoms of oral cancers?

Patients usually present with non-healing ulcers of more than 3 weeks despite medication. Other complaints include:

1. Persistent presence of blood in saliva
2. Lump/nodule with contact bleeding
3. Numbness of chin or lower lip
4. Pain upon eating/swallowing
5. Persistent earache
6. Lump in the neck (which usually indicates a spread of the cancer to the lymph nodes)