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Review
. 2018 Nov 9;225(9):815-819.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.918.

Screening for mouth cancer: the pros and cons of a national programme

P R Brocklehurst  1 , P M Speight  2
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Screening for mouth cancer: the pros and cons of a national programme

P R Brocklehurst et al. Br Dent J. .

Abstract

The paper highlights the pros and cons of a national programme for screening for oral cancer. It provides an overview of screening methods and the metrics used to evaluate a screening programme. It then reviews the evidence for mouth cancer screening against the criteria of the United Kingdom National Screening Committee.

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