My mother in law is suffering from stage IV cervical cancer. During the course of the spreading of it, we began noticing that she was losing teeth here and there. As she is today, she only has some of her front teeth on the top and bottom yet. She had told us that they tested her to see if it had spread to her bone marrow a couple of months ago and she told us the answer was no. Obviously the doctors can't say anything if she refuses to tell us, but I can't seem to find anything linking cancer to teeth loss unless it's oral cancer, or if cancer is in the bones, making them brittle. Does anyone out there know about this? Would it be safe to say perhaps it has spread to the bones? She got very emotional the other day and yelled "it's in my bones" but then apologized and said she didn't mean to say that...
Cancer and teeth loss?
It could be that it moved to her bones but it is more likely to move to organs first. It will shut those down before it gets to her bones. If she has been going thru Kemo, it is likely that is what is causing her to loose her teeth. It is also the cause of hair loss in many cancer patients.
I know it is really hard to see a family member like that.
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