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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Close to 48,250 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year
- Historically, the high death rate (almost 50% mortality) associate with oral cancer is due to late detection
- Implementation of a systemic, team approach in dental practices can increase early detection of oral cancer
While other forms of cancer may receive more attention, oral cancer is also a real killer, with an estimated 9,757 deaths per year in the United States—more than one death per hour. Of the nearly 50,000 patients that will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year, only slightly more than half will be alive in 5 years.
Local dental teams represent hope for patients. Like infantry riflemen, they can act as frontline defenders, detecting and defeating oral cancer through the implementation of a systemic, team approach.
This eBook provides relevant, easy-to-follow steps that you can put into practice today in order to help increase early detection, preventing the traumatic effects of this disease and saving financial resources for both patients and the healthcare system.
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