Tongue cancer is the most common oral cancer, most of them are squamous cell carcinoma, especially in the first 2/3 of the tongue, while adenocarcinoma is rare and mostly located at the root of the tongue; lymphoepithelial carcinoma and undifferentiated carcinoma can also occur at the root of the tongue. Treatment is mainly surgical and comprehensive, usually the primary disease should be excised and lymph node dissection in the neck, with radiotherapy or chemotherapy before or after surgery. So, what are the things that tongue cancer patients should pay attention to in their daily diet? The following are some of the things that tongue cancer patients should pay attention to in their daily diet. Pre-operative diet: obese patients should insist on low-fat and high-protein diet before surgery, take more vitamins, store some proteins and consume body fat to avoid excessive body fat affecting wound healing; lean patients should take a diet with high vitamins, high calories and high protein before surgery to maintain normal weight and better tolerate surgery. Post-operative diet: It is generally difficult to eat in the early post-operative period, so it can be mainly liquid or semi-liquid, and slowly transition to ordinary meals. You can drink more milk, eat more dairy products and soy products, eat more fresh fruits, eggs, lotus root powder, fish and beef, etc. to supplement fat protein and vitamins, promote nutrition, enhance physical fitness and improve immunity.