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Oral Cancer
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Also known as: oral cavity cancer · tongue cancer · palate cancer · lip cancer · oral carcinoma · mouth carcinoma · malignant tumour in the mouth · cancer in the mouth · oral mucosa cancer · squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth · cancer of the oral mucosa
Important note on this diagnosis — This text offers a psychological interpretation. With a cancer or tumour diagnosis, medical treatment belongs in the hands of physicians. BodySignal accompanies you in understanding the inner side of your symptom and complements medical care.
Your Body Is Speaking
The mouth is the first threshold. Through it comes what nourishes you — air, food, taste, the world in its most sensory form. Through it goes out what makes you who you are — your voice, your words, your laughter, your protest, your tenderness. The mouth is not a neutral organ, but the gateway between inside and outside, between what you take in and what you put into the world.
When in this space a cell begins to fall out of line — when lip, tongue, palate, floor of mouth, or gums form a tissue that defies the natural order — then this does not happen just anywhere. It happens precisely at the place where your connection to the world arises. At the place where you kiss, eat, taste, speak, fall silent, swallow.
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