Canker sores are painful at first but heal quickly on their own. Oral cancer lesions may not cause pain initially and don’t go away. See a doctor if you have a sore that doesn’t heal in three weeks.

Rachel Passarella recalls for PEOPLE how her cancer symptoms were dismissed multiple times before being diagnosed with stage 2 tongue cancer She noticed an "abnormal" red spot on her tongue and ...

We often hear these days that "one in two people will get cancer," but oral cancer is reportedly increasing year by year.

A dentist speaks honestly~Hello, I am Dr. J, a practicing dentist.You have something that feels like a lump in your mouth. White spots or a canker sore that just won't heal."It's probably nothing ...

During active cancer treatment, patients face many smaller battles on the path to remission. One of those lesser-known struggles is a condition known as chemo mouth, a painful side effect of ...

For patients with head and neck cancer, the treatment designed to save their lives often inflicts a cruel secondary wound: ...

It's important to get these sorts of symptoms checked urgently by a doctor or dentist. Do be vigilant too for ulcers which bleed, which might suggest either cancer or infection. Ulcers or sores in the ...

Regular visits to the dentist are not only good for a routine examination and cleaning, but also for the detection of oral cancer — cancer that develops in areas in and around the mouth, such as the ...

One woman initially believed stress caused her canker sore, but later learned the red spot was much more severe than she imagined. Rachel Passarella, a family nurse practitioner and single mother of ...

In 2025, Rachel Passarella, a 42-year-old nurse based in Sarasota, Florida, was misdiagnosed multiple times before a swollen red patch on her tongue turned her life upside down. The single mother of ...