Oral Ca as appropriate for screening:
The disease is serious (mortality, morbidity)?
Early tx better than late tx?
n Oral cancer has one of the lowest five-
year survival rates  (52%)
5-year survival rate for advanced
cases is 19 %
vs. 78 % for localized lesions
n When detected early, prognosis for
survival better than for many other
cancers
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