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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 34, 262-268, Copyright © 1984 by American Cancer Society

Screening for Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Carcinomas

¹ Chief of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Section of Veterans Administration Medical Center in East Orange, New Jersey, and Professor of Surgery at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey.
² Coordinator of Data Resources of Clinical Affairs at the University.

Screening programs of individuals at high risk for oral and oropharyngeal squamous [SEE THE FIG 5A, 5B IN SOURCE PDF] carcinoma are feasible and useful. Identification of high-risk anatomical sites, specific clinical criteria (i.e., erythroplasia), and staining modalities with high sensitivity and specificity make detection of early asymptomatic carcinomas possible. Early detection results in easily treated lesions with minimal post-treatment morbidity and increased survival rates. A secondary gain is the identification of individuals at high risk for multiple upper aerodigestive and lung cancers.

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