• Oral cancer kills one American every hour of every day.
• Oral cancer strikes 3 times as many victims as cervical cancer and is as common as leukemia.
• Oral cancer claims more lives than melanoma (skin cancer).
• Two-thirds of oral cancer cases are detected in late stages
• When detected in late stages, the 5-year survival rate is only 22%
• When detected in early stages, the survival rate can be 80% or higher
• Even if you don’t use tobacco, you may still be at risk for oral cancer
• Studies have linked oral cancer to exposure to the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV-16) which means that everyone, men and women from the age of 18 years old and up needs to be screened annually for oral cancer. It is now believed that 25-30% of oral cancer is linked to the human papilloma virus.
• The death rate for oral cancer is higher than that of cancers which we hear about routinely such as cervical cancer, leukemia, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, laryngeal cancer, cancer of the testes, and endocrine system cancers such as thyroid, or skin cancer (malignant melanoma).
   

www.oralcancerselfexam.com is an informational website that is establishing the standard of care by teaching people to conduct a self examination for oral cancer. This website is dedicated to helping reduce the mortality rate of oral cancer which has not changed in forty years. Information about the symptoms, risk factors, prevention, self examination instructions, and important links regarding oral cancer are listed on this site as a service to consumers. Dentists who are committed to fighting oral cancer are listed on this site and can be found under Find A Doctor. Let's all work together to save lives