 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF! Any sore you have in your mouth for 2 or 3 weeks that does not heal on its own should be checked by a professional. I had my 'canker sore' for about 2 months before I had it checked. I suggest you go get checked out to be certain its not cancerous. To the average person a cancerous tumor can look exactly the same as a canker sore (at least thats how mine looked). Check out the image gallery. Some of the things you may thing look like cancer really turn out to be something else. Click on each photo then click on the word diagnosis to find out what the person was diagnosed with. Oral Cancer Photo Gallery Best wishes!
Last edited by Brian Hill; 06-02-2013 09:06 AM.
ChristineSCC 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  | 
