Oral Cancer increase in young people

Concerns voiced over rise in mouth cancer in younger patients

Debbie Tubby/BBC A patient is surrounded by a surgical team in an operating theatre, before surgeryDebbie Tubby/BBC
The oral surgery team at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital says it is seeing an increasing number of younger patients

Some specialists say they are seeing a "very concerning" increase in the number of younger patients with mouth cancer - with no obvious explanation as to why. The BBC spoke to an oral surgery team about this lesser-known cancer, and two women who want to raise awareness of the devastating impact it can have.

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