Common treatments for lip cancer

Depending on the spread of disease, one or more of the following treatments may be used:

• Chemotherapy, often with cisplatin (Platinol), alone or in combination with other drugs, to attack cancer cells

• Radiation therapy to attack cancer cells

• Surgery to remove the cancer and evaluate how far it has spread

• Targeted therapy to attack cancer cells

Some people with lip cancer participate in clinical trials in which promising new therapies and treatments are studied.