PATHOLOGY - Peabody, MA

An oral cancer screening is a painless examination you’ll complete at our Peabody, MA office. Even if you are not at a high risk for oral cancer—tobacco use and smoking, heavy alcohol use, previous cancer diagnosis, history of extreme sun exposure—we recommend that you undergo these screenings every six months. During the screening, we will look for visual signs of cancer as well as feel for lumps, cysts, or tumors inside the mouth. If you wear partials or dentures, we’ll remove these to examine the tissue beneath. If we find any suspicious discoloration, lumps, or other physical symptoms, we’ll perform a biopsy. This sample of the suspicious tissue will be assessed to determine if cancer is present. Though not ideal, if you are diagnosed with oral cancer, we are trained to treat it and may do so with minimally invasive and comfortable laser therapy. A cancer diagnosis can be scary and stressful, but our highly skilled team knows how to handle these situations and will provide specialized and personalized treatment.