13/11/2025
🔵MOUTH CANCER ACTION MONTH | November
Mouth cancer is one of the fastest-growing cancers in the UK - and awareness saves lives.
📊 Key Facts:
- 10825 people in the UK were diagnosed with mouth cancer last year.
- Worldwide mouth cancer affects 650000 per year
-78% of cases occur in the over 55 age group.
-More people die from mouth cancer than from testicular and cervical cancer combined.
- 25% of cases have no associated risk factors.
- Mouth cancer is TWICE as common in men than women, though an increasing number of woman are being diagnosed with the disease.
⚠️Risk factors:
- To***co use is the main cause of mouth cancer.
- Drinking alcohol to excess can increase risks four fold
- Drinking & smoking together can make mouth cancer up to 30 times more likely to develop
- The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), transmitted through oral s*x, could soon overtake alcohol and to***co as the main risk factors.
👄 Know the signs:
- A mouth ulcer that doesn’t heal after 3 weeks
- Lumps or swellings in the mouth or neck that persist for more than 3 weeks
- Red or white patches that do not heal
- Unexplained numbness or pain
- Persistent hoarseness or difficulty speaking/swallowing
🚨Early detection saves lives.
Check your mouth. Know the signs. Encourage others to to do the same.
As part of your routine examination, our dentists, will check for any signs of oral cancer.
If you’re concerned about anything in your mouth book an appointment to see your dentist.
☎️01736 369359
📧info@thebaydental.co.uk
For more information on oral cancer please see the links below:
https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/head-and-neck-cancer/mouth-cancer
