Tongue Cancer

Medical Edge

View syndicated health information from Mayo Clinic.

Television

• 

  Robotic Tongue Cancer Surgery

  Fighting cancer is not easy. Chemotherapy, radiation and surgery can be very hard on your body. Take head and neck cancers, for example. These tumors are often hard to reach. Doctors have to cut through bones such as your jaw to reach them. Now, doctors at Mayo Clinic are using robots to access these cancers through your mouth, leaving face bones intact.

  • Watch video
  • Read script

  Resource: Robotic Surgery - A Less Invasive Alternative for Management of Tonsillar Cancer

• 

  Santa's Throat Cancer

  Remember the story "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer?" When bad weather almost stopped Santa from delivering gifts on Christmas Eve? Well, the same thing almost happened to the Santa you're about to meet. But instead of dealing with bad weather, this Santa faced an even bigger problem. Throat cancer. And just as the legendary light from that story guided Santa through the storm, a laser light helped this Santa weather the storm of cancer. More from Mayo Clinic.

  • Watch video
  • Read script

  Resource: Throat Cancer Treatment at Mayo Clinic