My mum has had cancer recently- of the tongue. the disease was not recognised quicky and it spread to her neck. she has had surgery to reomove it and chemo and radio theropy. i have been on the web to find out some info about the disease but it has made me very worried becasue it states tihngs such as that it has a very high death rate, and it is 20 times more likely to re occur in future, and 50% of people with this cancer die. cna u offer any reassurance or should i be worryin?

Hello worried-one

I hope you mum gets better; she will need your help in this. You will find much help and support from our members here. How did your mum's tongue cancer present and how did it get to be diagnosed late?

Best wishes
Vinod

hello, my mum had an ulcers on her tongue and after it got quite bad she went to the dentist/ doctor (cant remember which one first). They thought it was a much less serious condition (cant remember name)but it was only when she went to the hospital, that it was recognised as much more serious than first thought so she had some tests and it turned out as cancer. thanks for your concern, she is hopefully on her way to recovery!