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.
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.