Red patches on the tongue are often ignored as minor irritation, but doctors warn that some of these patches may signal precancerous conditions such as erythroplakia. Persistent patches that do not ...

Oral cancer has a five-year survival rate of only 50%. A patient's best chance of surviving is early detection. While a number of methods and new technologies are now available to enhance early ...

From your head to your toes, there are red flags you might not know about that could indicate a health problem. Let’s start with your feet. While they can’t talk in the literal sense, they can say a ...

Central papillary atrophy, otherwise known as median rhomboid glossitis, exhibits red, atrophic mucosal areas that are typically asymptomatic and located on the midline posterior dorsal surface of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - While commercially available optical tools can help clinicians identify premalignant lesions in the oral cavity, the prevalence of confounding lesions increases the rate of false ...

A lump inside the mouth can be alarming because it is easy to imagine the worst. In many cases, mouth bumps turn out to be harmless. They may come from irritation, a blocked salivary gland, swollen ...

A healthy tongue is typically pink in color, though it may vary slightly in dark and light shades. An unhealthy tongue, however, may be white, red, black, or yellow and may also be swollen and tender.

Warts are flesh-colored bumps caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Oral HPV can be transmitted from person to person, so it’s important to take precautions. Warts can form anywhere on the body, ...

Geographic tongue is a harmless condition affecting the surface of your tongue. The tongue is normally covered with tiny, pinkish-white bumps (papillae), which are actually short, fine, hair-like ...

CANCER of the tongue continues to rank as the most frequent intraoral neoplasm and accounts for about 2 per cent of all deaths from cancer. What is more distressing, five-year salvage rates for the ...