Oral Cancer Prevention
Oral cancer can be a frightening illness to face, but there are some simple measures you can take to minimize your chances of developing it. One is to test commonly seen small white or red spots in the mouth. While most oral spots don't contain abnormal cells, only laboratory testing can tell for sure. If an oral spot is found to contain other than normal cells, we typically remove the spot — years before the abnormal cells can grow into cancer.
Oral Cancer is one of the most curable diseases when it is caught early. Cancer screening technologies have been saving lives for years. Early detection tools such as mammograms, Pap smear, and PSA tests have greatly reduced death rates for breast, cervical, and prostate cancers. Now we have a screening technology to use in addition to visual/manual screening methods to detect precancerous and cancerous abnormalities.
We have discovered the key to reducing the devastating impact of oral cancer is early detection with a yearly ViziLite Plus exam.