Oral Ca exam as appropriate for screening
Low risk to patient?
Tolerable or acceptable to the public?
Inexpensive or cost effective?
n Screening examination is inexpensive,safe
n Noninvasive, quick, well tolerated
n Recently published results
   large multicenter double-blind study
   suggest the potential efficacy of using the oral
brush biopsy
    to increase detection of early stage oral cancer
and precancerous lesions
   assuming dentists provide complete oral cancer
exams on regular basis
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