Can advanced lip cancer be cured?

Lip cancer in the advanced stage usually cannot be cured, and only chemotherapy and other means can be used to relieve the symptoms and prolong the survival period. Lip cancer is a more serious malignant tumor, which is mostly formed due to long-term exposure to ultraviolet rays, excessive smoking and drinking. If early-stage cancer patients can be detected early, diagnosed and treated in time, and if the tumor has not spread and metastasized, they can be cured through radical surgery as early as possible. For advanced stage lip cancer patients, usually the tumor has already spread and metastasized, and pure surgical treatment cannot completely remove the tumor, so it is generally incurable and can only be relieved by non-surgical methods, such as chemotherapy, targeted drugs or immune drugs, to improve the symptoms and prolong the survival period. It is suggested that patients should choose appropriate treatment methods under the guidance of doctors and take active treatment in order to prolong the survival period.