The earlier mouth cancer is diagnosed, the better the chances of recovery. Your dentist may spot mouth cancer during a routine check-up, so it's important to visit your dentist regularly. Your doctor or dentist will ask about symptoms, examine you and will feel your neck and face for swellings. Your doctor may use a laryngoscope to look inside your mouth and throat and /-take a biopsy-a sample of cells or tissue is removed for testing. If the biopsy shows that you have cancer, you will have further tests to find out how far it has spread and to help decide the type of treatment you will need. This is called staging the cancer.
Attribution: BUPA