http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/news/story.asp?newsId=1787

Weekly there are articles on both Vizilite and Velscope, both companies work hard to get their products in the news. Invariably they contain many errors. Part of the problem is that either the doctors or writer get the facts wrong, but too often this is because the manufacturers PROVIDE them with inaccurate information that contains a certain amount of marketing rhetoric. With releases coming out weekly, it can be a full time job to ride herd on the misinformation and the marketing companies. Above, at the end of the news story I wrote to the paper and the writer, in the story below to the marketing company. Here is a recent email to Dale Johnson at Zila/Vizilite about the same.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3479793

Too bad no one told them that public awareness and early detection will reduce the death rate faster than any kind of oral cancer research. It