If you or someone you love is facing a mouth cancer diagnosis, MSK experts can help. If you want to learn about surgeries to ...

Gum (gingival) cancer is a rare type of oral cancer. Gingival cancer grows in the thin skin layer protecting your teeth. The skin layer is also called your gingiva. It covers your upper and lower jaws ...

Reconstructive surgery may be needed after a large tumor is removed. Reconstructive surgery helps to rebuild the area and restore how the throat works. Your surgeon will often take tissue and blood ...

Head and neck cancer is a broad term for several types of cancers that include the mouth (oral cavity), throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx), sinuses and nose cavity, and salivary glands. Head and ...

Stage 2 oral cavity cancer involves tumors larger than 2 cm but not exceeding 4 cm, without lymph node or distant spread. Diagnosis includes physical exams, biopsies, imaging tests, and endoscopy to ...

Jessica Tappenden-Rowell had her tongue removed and reconstructed using a tattooed skin graft. A woman had her tongue removed when a mouth ulcer turned out to be cancer. Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, ...

Jessica Tappenden-Rowell, 23, had her tongue rebuilt with a skin graft from her tattooed forearm Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...