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Can having too many mouth surgeries cause mouth cancer?
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No: Cancer is not caused by surgery. Surgery is the solution for mouth cancer.
Answered 10/30/2016
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No and ..: No and why would you think that? Cancer is a complex group of diseases with many possible causes. There are many risk factors but mouth surgery is not one of them. Surgery in the mouth is a corrective procedure, and does not cause cancer, whether it is done 1 time or 30.
Answered 10/30/2016
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