Common tongue diseases and problems include canker sores, thrush, oral lichen planus, and tongue trauma. Other problems or conditions that can impact the tongue include tongue cancer, transient ...

I had what I thought was a canker sore that didn't heal. It ended up being cancer. It was early January of 2014, when my oral surgeon told me that I had squamous cell carcinoma — base of tongue cancer ...

When Mari Henderson read a story about a woman the same age as her with tongue cancer, she asked for a biopsy. It helped her receive an early diagnosis. For several weeks, Mari Henderson felt a canker ...