Oral cancer, which originates in the mouth or the lips, affects 3 percent of the population in Spain but with an oral revision each year could be diagnosed early and prevent it from being more aggressive, according to Néstor Montesdeoca, head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Madrid.

These tumors originate in the squamous, thin and flat cells that cover the lips and the oral cavity and appear as small lesions or ulcers that, although in most cases are the result of chafing with dental pieces or simple aphthas that do not cover of greater importance, in other cases may be indicative of a premalignant lesion. More information