Oral cancer screenings are utilized to check for early signs of mouth or throat cancer, such as white lesions, blocked salivary gland and other suspicious growths or cysts. 

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Following is a list of how common and how serious oral cancer really is:

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• It is the 6th most common cancer and represents about 3.6% of all cancers diagnosed

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• There are roughly 30,000 new cases of it reported annually

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• It can lead to chronic pain, loss of function, irreparable facial and oral disfigurement and death

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• Oral cancer accounts for almost 9,000 deaths annually​

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• Fewer than ½ of all oral cancer patients are cured simply because it is usually not diagnosed early enough