Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible?

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