Oral cancer detected

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Asked for Male, 44 Years

My uncle has been detected with mouth cancer, he has been operated twice. And has gone through 6 weeks chemotherapy & radiation. But he cannot eat & drink he has mouth ulcers till throat.Can he survive? How much is the life span after all this?

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Dr. Vikas Kumar Oral And MaxilloFacial Surgeon 14 yrs exp Lucknow Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Vikas Kumar

Oral And MaxilloFacial Surgeon 14 yrs exp Lucknow

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Sir in your uncle case the life span will be depends upon metastatis or spread of malignancy. Sometimes sore mouth is side effects of chemo and radiotherapy. It will be better diagnosed by oncosurgeon / maxillofacial surgeon through examination and investigation.

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