| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Not to point out the obvious, but make certain your dentists know how to do a proper oral cancer screening. Many do not so you can't just 'let your fingers do the walking' though the yellow pages looking for screeners.
Brian, Are dental hygenists allowed to be screeners? Some of them do better scrrenings than some dentists.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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