What Is Mouth Cancer?
8. Can Mouth Cancer Come Back?
After a patient has successfully completed cancer treatment, it is possible for the cancer to come back and require a second course of treatment. Sometimes this is because the cancer was not fully removed and the remaining cells can continue to grow.
The returning cancer can be local, meaning it returned to the same area as it did before; regional, signifying it occurred in an area close to where it first occurred; or distant, detailing the cancer has appeared in a completely different part of the body. The treatment plan will depend on which category it falls into.
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