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Some evidence
for effectiveness of
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opportunistic
screening
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Oral Cancer Case
Finding Program in Cuba
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Between 1983 and
1990, 10,167,999 patients
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were screened
when they attended clinics
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only 27% with
suspect lesions complied with
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referral
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of these, 3220
potentially malignant lesions
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581 squamous cell
carcinomas
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127 other
malignancies
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