Oral cancer: is it more common than cervical?
In Britain, mouth cancer is about half as common as cervical cancer, a significant level and one that deserves more attention than currently given by health care professionals, the media and the general public. If greater attention is called for in Britain, it is certainly needed worldwide. Oral/oropharyngeal cancer and cancer of the uterine cervix have comparable global averages and in some communities, oral/oropharyngeal cancer is actually more common.
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Department of Dental Sciences, Hunterian Institute, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London.
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