A woman says a rare type of cancer left surgeons forced to remove an estimated 80% of her nose and reconstruct it using cartilage from her rib. Mel Frisby, 39, was on holiday in Turkey in September 2022 when she jumped off a boat into the sea and realized upon surfacing she was having a … Read more
A woman with tongue cancer had half of it replaced with a piece of her leg after initially being misdiagnosed with mouth thrush. Elaine Sawyer, 54, was diagnosed with Squamous cell carcinoma in February 2024 after finding an ulcer on her tongue. Initially, Elaine was told by a doctor she had thrush of the mouth, … Read more
An international team of researchers has approximated the face of a woman whose 45,000-year-old remains were discovered more than 70 years ago. The severed skull of the Zlatý kůň woman — the oldest modern human to be genetically sequenced — was found buried in a cave system in the Czech Republic in 1950. Scientists created … Read more
A British woman is urging people to be aware of the symptoms of oral cancer, after she was told to get orthodontic work instead of tested for the rare illness. Charlotte Webster-Salter, who was working as a flight attendant at the time, recalled having frequent mouth ulcers before she was diagnosed. She blamed her busy … Read more