Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible?

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dc.contributor.author Van Zyl, Andre W.
dc.contributor.author Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus
dc.date.accessioned 2017-03-02T12:28:14Z
dc.date.available 2017-03-02T12:28:14Z
dc.date.issued 2012-05
dc.description.abstract Oral squamous carcinoma or oral cancer (OC), as it is generally known, has an average five-year survival rate of less than 50%. This has not changed much in 50 years. The survival rate can be more than 90% with early diagnosis, but as low as 20%, if the lesion is diagnosed late.1,2 Early detection of oral cancer is therefore essential to improve the otherwise dismal five-year survival rate. en_ZA
dc.description.department Oral Pathology and Oral Biology en_ZA
dc.description.department Periodontics and Oral Medicine en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2017 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.sada.co.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Van Zyl, A & Van Heerden, WJP 2012, 'Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible?', South African Dental Journal, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 154-156. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1029-4864
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59238
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher South African Dental Association en_ZA
dc.rights South African Dental Association en_ZA
dc.subject Survival rate en_ZA
dc.subject Diagnosis en_ZA
dc.subject Lesion en_ZA
dc.subject Oral cancer (OC) en_ZA
dc.title Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible? en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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