The 5-year survival rate for people who get gum cancer after surgical treatment of gum cancer is 50 to 70.4 percent.
Gum cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the gum area of the mouth and is a relatively common form of oral cancer, second only to tongue cancer in the incidence of oral cancer in Asia.
If patients do not receive timely treatment, the scope of the gum mass will further expand, with severe pain, facial swelling, deformity, loose and shifted teeth, or even loss, and lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis in the later stage, which greatly affects the quality of life and life expectancy.
If receiving regular treatment in time, some studies report that the 5-year survival rate of surgical treatment of gingival cancer is 50%~70.4%. In addition, repairing or reconstructing postoperative defects can improve the quality of life of patients with advanced oral cancer.