Oral cancer in the news articles -
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Published on: 10/11/2008
Last Visited: 6/18/2008
Drore Eisen, a dentist who is considered an oral cancer expert - he has written two books and more than 40 articles on the subject - said no one knows for certain what makes people at risk for the disease, other than excessive use of tobacco and alcohol.
"It can really strike at any age," said Eisen, also vice president and medical director of CDx Laboratories, based in Suffern, N.Y.
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Eisen said that 5 to 10 percent of all Americans have spots in their mouths, and the overwhelming majority are harmless.
"There's no symptoms, no pain.They look like an ordinary-looking sore that you might get from a pizza burn or biting your lip," he said.
Treating oral cancer is expensive, costing more than $100,000 per person, Eisen said, citing surgery and chemotherapy as the big expenses.
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Reducing those costs for patients and the nation's health care system is just one reason why Rosenheck and Eisen are engaged in their crusade for greater public awareness.
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"They don't think about oral cancer because there really hasn't been a big breakthrough yet, although oral cancer now kills as many Americans as melanoma," Eisen said.
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Drore Eisen, a dentist who is considered an oral cancer expert - he has written two books and more than 40 articles on the subject - said no one knows for certain what makes people at risk for the disease, other than excessive use of tobacco and alcohol.
"It can really strike at any age," said Eisen, also vice president and medical director of CDx Laboratories, based in Suffern, N.Y.
...
Eisen said that 5 to 10 percent of all Americans have spots in their mouths, and the overwhelming majority are harmless.
"There's no symptoms, no pain.They look like an ordinary-looking sore that you might get from a pizza burn or biting your lip," he said.
Treating oral cancer is expensive, costing more than $100,000 per person, Eisen said, citing surgery and chemotherapy as the big expenses.
...
Reducing those costs for patients and the nation's health care system is just one reason why Rosenheck and Eisen are engaged in their crusade for greater public awareness.
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"They don't think about oral cancer because there really hasn't been a big breakthrough yet, although oral cancer now kills as many Americans as melanoma," Eisen said.