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Could eating spicy foods to the point that your tongue burns weekly cause oral cancer?
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Not likely: Eating spicy foods that may have burning effect on tongue is unlikely to have long term consequences. Unless using a carcinogen, not much risk known. Very little risk.
Answered 11/12/2016
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