It is a pretty common concern in the science community that even the SEER database numbers for oral cancer deaths are underreported (as if they were not bad enough) because the data is collected from death certificates. How many oral cancers kill you in your mouth? Few. George Harrison's cause of death is listed as brain cancer.... where did it start? Oropharyngeal, to the lungs to the brain.

That the media gets it wrong is little surprise, given the superficiality of reporting these days and the speed with which stories must be produced. If they can't get oral cancer right.... what else can't you trust from the talking heads in the media?

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.