• More than 30,000 people are diagnosed with oral cancer each year.
• Eight thousand Americans die annually from oral cancer, making it more deadly than cervical, brain, or skin cancer.
• More than 50 percent of patients diagnosed with oral cancer will die within 5 years.
• Ninety percent of oral cancer patients are age 40 or older. Age is the primary risk factor.
• Patients younger than 40 years of age are considered high risk if they have contracted human papillomavirus (HPV).
• Users of any smoking or chewing tobacco, currently or within the past ten years.
• Users of one or more alcoholic drinks daily, including one beer, one glass of wine, or one drink of spirits.
• Patients with any combination of these risk factors and patients with a family history of oral cancer are considered at highest risk.
• Alarmingly, 27 percent of oral cancer victims have no lifestyle risk factors.

For more information or to schedule an appointment for your Vizilite Plus™ screening test, call (310) 652-0450.