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Burden of Oral Cancer on the 10 Most Populous Countries

Burden of Oral Cancer on the 10 Most Populous Countries from 1990 to 2019: Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Shu-Zhen Zhang, Long Xie and Zheng-Jun Shang Abstract Background: Oral cancer (OC) is a common tumour that poses a threat to human health and imposes a heavy burden on countries. This study assessed the...

The stages of dysplasia and the use of fluorescence in preventive screening – Clinical Tips

Oral cancer is cancer that develops in the tissues of the mouth or throat. It belongs to a larger group of cancers called head and neck cancers. Most develop in the squamous cells found in your mouth, tongue, and lips. Oral cancer is one of the most frequent cancers globally: in 2018, oral cancer occurred...

The benefits of early mouth cancer screening

The most recent UK statistics show that 11,449 new cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed every year, with over 2,000 lives lost per year in the UK (www.mouthcancer.org; www.cancerresearch.org). This is more than lives lost in road traffic accidents, testicular cancer and cervical cancer combined (www.mouthcancer.org). Diagnoses of mouth cancer have risen...

Dental professionals role in early detection

Last November, I had the honour of attending the Swallows/Your Cancer Journey International Head and Neck Cancer Conference in Nottingham. The conference is organised by the founder and chairman of the Swallows Charity, Chris Curtis, a pharyngeal cancer survivor: he was diagnosed in 2011 with throat cancer, which had gone undetected by his dentist...

60 seconds to save a life, article – 2019

Have you ever diagnosed a mouth, head or neck cancer? Any one of us could be responsible for identifying a head or neck cancer and play a role in getting early treatment for a patient and even helping to save a life. Download

Oral cancer screening in less than 2 minutes – 2019

Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, with approximately 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year. If detected in the first stage, the chances of survival are more than 90 percent. During routine exams for oral cancers, early lesions often aren’t visible to the naked eye, and they may go undetected until advanced...