Van Zyl, Andre W.Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus2017-03-022017-03-022012-05Van Zyl, A & Van Heerden, WJP 2012, 'Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible?', South African Dental Journal, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 154-156.1029-4864http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59238Oral 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.enSouth African Dental AssociationSurvival rateDiagnosisLesionOral cancer (OC)Article