Oral cancer kills roughly 1 person per hour, 24 hours a day. Close to 42,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year. Take a look at some more alarming statistics courtesy of oralcancerfoundation.org…of those 42,000 newly diagnosed individuals, only slightly more than half will be alive in 5 years.
That’s approximately 57%, a number which has not significantly improved in decades.
The death rate for oral cancer is higher than that of cancers which we hear about routinely such as cervical cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, laryngeal cancer, testicular cancer, and endocrine system cancers such as thyroid, or skin cancer (malignant melanoma).
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Historically the death rate associated with this cancer is particularly high not because it is hard to discover or diagnose, but due to the oral cancer being routinely discovered late in its development. [Read more…] about Catch Oral Cancer Early With Regular Dental Checkups
