Treatment Options for Oral Cancer

Treatment options for oral cancer include general treatment, drug treatment, surgery, radiation therapy, etc. Suitable treatment options should be chosen in light of the condition of the patient. 1. General treatment: when patients have bleeding phenomenon, they need to take interventional therapy to stop bleeding; when respiratory difficulty occurs due to tumor compression, they need to choose tracheotomy and other methods for treatment. 2. Drug treatment: targeting drugs can be used under the guidance of physicians, such as cetuximab, which can inhibit the growth of cancer cells; chemical drugs can also be used for treatment, commonly used drugs include fluorouracil, bleomycin and so on. 3. Surgery: suitable surgery should be chosen according to the patient’s condition, including resection of lesions, surgery of cervical lymph node metastases, and reconstruction of tissue defects. 4. Radiation therapy: radiation therapy mainly utilizes high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and inhibit their growth. After being diagnosed with oral cancer, one should actively cooperate with doctors to improve the treatment effect.