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Cancer Chemotherapy (chemo) is the treatment of cancer with
drugs that destroy cancer cells and tumors. At Cancer Treatment
Centers of America (CTCA), chemotherapy is typically reserved
for patients whose oral cancer has metastasized to the bone or
elsewhere in the body. Our doctors may use oral cancer
chemotherapy treatments in the following cases: - Larger tumors:
Chemotherapy may be combined with radiation therapy to control
large tumors in the oral cavity or oropharynx. Several studies
have shown that this approach can be as effective as surgery
combined with radiation. Large tumors are rarely treated with
chemo alone. - Before surgery: Oral cancer chemotherapy
treatments can help shrink tumors before surgery. Chemotherapy
given before is called neoadjuvant or induction chemotherapy.
Sometimes, a less radical surgery may be possible when chemo is
used beforehand, which can help redu