Food energy is potential energy that animals (including humans) derive from their food through the process of cellular respiration.
Treatments for Tongue Cancer. 1  Surgery. 2  Radiation. 3  Chemotherapy. Treatment of oral cancers depends upon the type and stage of the cancer, as well as the age and other health problems that the patient might have.  more treatments...Â».
Signs and symptoms of advanced base-of-the-tongue cancers may include the following:[4,5] 1  Pain. 2  Dysphagia. 3  Weight loss.  Referred otalgia secondary to cranial nerve 1  involvement. Trismus secondary to pterygoid muscle involvement.  Fixation of the tongue that is caused by infiltration of the deep 1  muscle. A mass in the  neck.