Is Early Oral Cancer Detection Possible?

Over 50,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oropharyngeal or oral cancer this year alone. It will cause almost 10,000 deaths, killing roughly 1 person per hour, 24 hours per day for the entire year. Of those 50,000 or so newly diagnosed oral cancer cases, about 57% will be alive in 5 years. The death rate…

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April Is Oral Cancer Awareness Month

Oral Cancer Awareness Month April, 2013   Oral Cancer Facts -Expected to have approximately 42,000 new cases of oral cancer diagnosed in 2013 alone. -Males account for almost 70% of all new cases. Survival Rates of Oral Cancer 1 year – 89% survival 5 year – 56% survival 10 year – 41% survival -Approximtely 8,000…

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VELscope…Key To Diagnosing Oral Cancer Early

Oral cancer affects almost 40,000 Americans are diagnosed each year. Oral Cancer kills one person per hour, every day totaling approximately 8,000 deaths per year. Only a little more than half of those 40,000 diagnosed, will be alive in 5 years. This is a sobering statistic that has stayed steady for quite a few years. Worldwide, the problem…

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