Oral Cancer Screening

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Oral and oropharyngeal cancers are any cancer that forms in the mouth, lips, cheeks, gums, tongue, hard palate, tonsils and throat. If client's can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. 

 Early detection is key when it comes to oral and oropharyngeal cancers. If discovered early, the 5-year relative survival rate is over 85%. However, if discovered late, it is only about 40%. This year, about 54,000 people in the USA will be diagnosed with oral/oropharyngeal cancer and nearly 11,000 will die. 

The VELscope® works in three ways to help the clinician identify oral mucosal abnormalities. It induces natural tissue fluorescence by illuminating the oral cavity with a bright blue light, filters out reflected light, allowing the clinician to visualize the tissue fluorescence, and applies sophisticated optical filtering technology to enhance fluorescence visualization.

 Our clinic offers Free VELscope® Oral Cancer Screening Examinations for new patient check-ups.