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.
Surprisingly, doctors don't use the term throat cancer.. Several different kinds of cancer can involve different parts of the throat and mouth. Michael Douglas says he has a walnut-sized tumor at the base of his tongue. If that's truly where his cancer started, he likely has oropharyngeal cancer.