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Oral Cancer Screening

Did you know that 40 percent of oral cancers are found in patients who do not present with any of the traditional risk factors or any other significant lifestyle risks? This means all patients, regardless of age and lifestyle, need an oral exam that looks closely for abnormal tissue.

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Facts About Oral Cancer

Oral Cancer Screenings Could Save Your Life

  • Oral cancer kills one American every hour.
  • Approximately 48,000 people in the United States will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer in 2019.
  • In 2019, among the 48,000 diagnosed with oral cancer in the United States, 22,000 will not be alive in five years.
  • Oral cancer’s incidence rate has increased the last five years in a row.
  • In 2007, oral cancer’s incidence increased by 11 percent.
  • The mortality rate for oral cancer has not changed significantly in three decades
  • Oral cancer’s high mortality rate is due to late-stage discovery (Stage III and IV).
  • The mortality rate for oral cancer is higher than the rates for cervical cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, laryngeal cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer and skin cancer.

Preventative Care

Risk Factors of Oral Cancer

The traditional risk factors of oral cancer include:

  • Three out of four people are infected with HPV at some point in their lives
  • Oral HPV increases your risk for oral cancer fiftyfold
  • Any prior infection with HPV-16 increases your risk for oral cancer ninefold
  • Having six or more oral sex partners makes you 8.6 times more likely to get oral cancer
  • 60 percent of oropharyngeal cancer is HPV related
  • 90 percent of HPV+ oral cancers are HPV-16
  • HPV can be transmitted from mother to child

 

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Conveniently located in Auburn Hills and Warren, MI. Call now or request an appointment using our online form.