Food energy is potential energy that animals (including humans) derive from their food through the process of cellular respiration.
The three kinds of treatment used for tongue cancer are: 1  Surgery: removal of the cancerous tumor and surrounding tissue. 2  Radiotherapy: uses high-energy particles from radioactive elements to kill cancerous cells left behind after surgery.
Our daughter was initially diagnosed with Stage II tongue cancer after a biopsy, and a CT scan on June 17th. Yesterday she met with the tumor board to determine a course of treatment. They informed her that the cancer had grown to stage 4 and also infected the nodes on both sides of her neck. The treatment they proposed was complete removal of the tongue and nodes and reconstructing the tongue to the extent she could speak. They said she would have the feeding tube the rest of her life.