Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer

07/09/2021 39 min Temporada 2 Episodio 4

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Dr. Chillura interviews Dr. Alexander Ross Kerr, who is a Clinical Professor at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Medicine at New York University College of Dentistry. Highlights of their discussion about oral and oropharyngeal cancer are listed below:

Who get screened, how often to screen patients, and when to refer
Accepted screening techniques
Why Stage 1 & 2 are difficult to detect
Why men are 2x more likely than women to encounter this
How HPV has impacted oral cancer and if the HPV vaccine can protect against oral cancer