Mouth Cancer (Oral Cavity Cancer): Prevention
Cancer that forms in tissues of the oral cavity (the mouth).
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Prevention of Oral Cavity Cancer (Mouth Cancer)
What is prevention?
Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the chance of getting cancer. By preventing cancer, the number of new cases of cancer in a group or population is lowered. Hopefully, this will lower the number of deaths caused by cancer.
To prevent new cancers from starting, scientists look at risk factors and protective factors. Anything that increases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer risk factor; anything that decreases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer protective factor.
Some risk factors for cancer can be avoided, but many cannot. For example, both smoking and inheriting certain genes are risk factors for some types of cancer, but only smoking can be avoided. Regular exercise and a healthy diet may be protective factors… Read more about Mouth Cancer (Oral Cavity Cancer): Prevention