Oral Cancer: Too Deadly to Ignore
According to CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, survival rates for patients with oral cancer are among the lowest of major cancers. Only one-half the number of persons diagnosed with oral cancer are alive five years after the diagnosis. In contrast to other cancers (e.g. breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers) the overall U.S. survival rate from oral and pharyngeal cancer has not improved during the past 16 years. Survival rates for oral cancer in minorities have decreased. To read more visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Look for signs of oral cancer and do not ignore them or you have ignored your own life.
“Together we fight oral cancer. Together we save a life every hour.” – The Fight Oral Cancer Foundation
Free Oral Cancer Screenings – Irving, TX
Pegasus Skating Group and Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) are coming together for the SKATE4SPOHNC event. The Fight Oral Cancer Foundation will be providing free oral cancer screenings at SKATE4SPOHNC and Arma Shahidi will be signing autographs and taking pictures.
Location: Campion Trail, T.W. Richardson Grove Park, 333 East I-635, Irving, TX
Details of the Event: Come and skate with the Pegasus Skating Group or bring your bike, walking and/or jogging shoes. Have your picture made with 2009 Mrs. International. Enjoy free food, have a good time and show your support for SPOHNC.
Time: Event is from 9am-11am; Autographs from 11am-12pm
Conducting Free Oral Cancer Screenings at the Health & Fitness Expo
On August 8th and 9th the Fight Oral Cancer Foundation had the opportunity to participate in WFAA’s Health and Fitness Expo held at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX. Represented as a non-profit organization we were given the opportunity to speak on “The Five Things You Should Know about Oral Cancer” as well as educate and provide free cancer screenings at our booth.
The FOCF booth had two dentists on site at all times who were able to perform a visual
examination of a total of 120 people during the day and a half they were at the expo.
Results
Day 1 – Fifty people were examined and three possible cancer cases were discovered.
Day 2 – Seventy people were examined and four suspicious lesions were discovered.
Each suspicious case was referred to their dentist for a second opinion and a possible biopsy.
Events like the WFAA Health and Fitness Expo are an important part of The Fight Oral Cancer Foundation’s mission of bringing awareness to the issues surrounding oral cancer.
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Network Events, Inc. (NEI) and WFAA-TV are partnering to produce and promote The Dallas Health & Fitness Expo, to be held August 8 and 9, 2009, at the Dallas Convention Center. NEI, the premier producer of consumer Wellness Expos in top markets across the country, has produced the largest and best-attended Health & Fitness Expo in Dallas for the last 8 years.
