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Let me be to the point, 32 year old caucasian male, no history of smoking, drinking, using nicotine or narcotic related products, no personal history of any cancer, no family history of skin or oral cancer.

Yesterday i noticed "large" palpable nodule on my bucal area of my right cheek. Nodule is slightly lighter in color underneath the regular pink lining, has same color as bucal linea alba. I have a tendency to bite my cheeks and its present in the moral area where i have several jagged including one broken molar. I think i bit on it because one spot felt painful and i have a tendency to suck my cheeks against my teeth.

Went to 5* reviewed oral surgeon today, he evaluated and his opinion by sight and touch that it was buccal fibroma, but he did not wish to give me any assurance until after biopsy.

Needless to say i am worried now frown

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Welcome to OCF. The only way to tell for certain that something is cancerous is a biopsy. If a sore has been in your mouth for over 2 weeks and it has not healed then it should be checked by a professional. there are many different things besides cancer that can happen in a persons mouth. With what you have written I am hoping this sore is due to something you have accidentally done. Will you be having a biopsy?


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SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
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OC 3x in 3 years
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its not a sore its a growth on my buccal linea alba that oral surgeon said its his opinion is fibroma on the way it looks and feels, i am a cheek biter. He already removed it this morning with eliptical excision for biopsy.

But huge stress is there.

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I know it's stressful and the wait doesn't make it any better. Hopefully he's right... and it's a fibroma. I don't want to add to your stress, but just because you don't have any precursors doesn't immediately mean it's not cancer... read my signature. I'm the same as you. That said... it's likely nothing. If it is something then you've caught it early so try not to fret... rather do something to take your mind off the next 10 days... The reality is you'll know either way very soon. Don't worry now, it's done, it either isn't or it is. If it is you will deal with it. It's great you had it looked at and biopsied you are ahead of the game. If the biopsy comes back negative, just keep an eye on the area regardless. It took a few tries before they caught mine as it was hiding in my tongue, and I too had an irritating molar!
take care and welcome.. I hope you don't have to be here for long.


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thank you all for support, i've been scouring internet *i know its terrible idea* looking for pictures of buccal fibromas and buccal cancers and comparing them to what i self-examined yesterday. I think odds are in my favor of it being something benign, now i just need not to lose my mind in a mean time

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Here is a gallery of all kinds of mouth problems from the main OCF pages. Click on the photos then on see diagnosis.

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Has your oral surgeon sent the removed tissue out to be tested?

Last edited by ChristineB; 02-07-2012 06:28 PM.

Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile
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It looked like this (it was removed 10:00am this morning via eliptical excision for biopsy)

http://oralcancerfoundation.org/slide_pages/page7_slide2.htm

Except it was a bit paler (similar to color of linea alba) and more distorted due to my molars constantly clamping on that area with a small red spot on top which i am pretty sure due to bite. It was also painful and felt like a bit inside of my lip.

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Usually oral cancer does not hurt. The picture is something noncancerous. Try to keep yourself busy while you wait for the results. Its usually a week before you get them back. Best wishes!


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile
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Reason i'm worried is because i had similar yet different experience. I had 1mm mole on my face that was reviewed by several people including dermatologist who said it was the most typical "freckle he ever seen". I asked for it to be removed and biopsied and sent to lab. In lab it took 2 derma-pathologists, including one that specialized in melanoma for 32 years to discover a focal severity in melanocytic cells and their dna that warranted return for marginal excision. I pinprick within a pinprick, sorta speaking. So i hope you understand where i'm coming from, but yes worrying about this would do nothing but down my immune system i'll try to find something to fill my mind with. Thank you for bearing with me.

P.S. My oral surgeon just called me to check on me if i was in any pain. Very considerate of him. I see him next week.

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I get nervous whenever I read or hear that oral cancers tend not to hurt. In my case and many others that I have met, pain was the first symptom. I had pain for a couple of months before my lesion erupted. My pain would wax and wane, but it was persistent. Pain is a signal to your body that something isn't right. It doesn't always mean assume the worst, but it can often be an early sign if nothing else is obviously wrong. I wish I knew about the 2 week rule then. I was lucky. That's why OCF's mission is to save lives by education and awareness smile.


37 y/o fem at Dx (23 wks preg @ dx on 3/16/11)
SCC L oral tongue (no risk factors)
L partial gloss/MND 3/28/11 @ 25 wks preg
T1-2N0M0; no rads/chemo
Tonsillectomy on 8/6/12 +SCC L tonsil T2-3N1M0 (HPV-)
Treated with 35 rads/7 carbo & taxol (Rx ended 10/31/12), but many hospitalizations d/t complications from rx.
Various scans since rx ended are NED!
Part of genetic study for rare cancers @ MGH.
44 years old now...I wasn't sure I would make it! Hoping for 40 more!
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