04/05/2023
APRIL IS ORAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH!!!
EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES!!!
We still offer complimentary Oral Cancer Screening to our patients of record who come religiously for their preventive care appointments!
Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancers of the mouth and upper throat) in the US.This year an estimated 51,550 new cases of oral and oropharyngeal cancers will be diagnosed in the US. Of those individuals, 40 percent will not survive longer than five years, and many who do survive suffer long-term problems, such as severe facial disfigurement or difficulties with eating and speaking. The death rate associated with oral and oropharyngeal cancers remains particularly high because the cancers routinely are discovered late in their development.
