Food energy is potential energy that animals (including humans) derive from their food through the process of cellular respiration.
Tongue cancer treatment is based on the stage of the disease when it is diagnosed. The stage of the tongue cancer is designated based on the size and how far the tumor has extended or spread. The main standard methods of tongue cancer treatment are the radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery.
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.