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Oral Cancer Foundation donates screening devices to West Virginia Free Clinics

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release In 2009 the Oral Cancer Foundation initiated a program of donating VELscope® Oral Cancer Screening Systems to free clinics. The most recent recipients of this program are two West Virginia clinics: WV Health Right in Charleston, and the Susan Dew Hoff Memorial Clinic in West Milford. “Our intent is to identify free [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation to donate screening devices to free clinics

Friday, October 2, 2009

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Phoenix’s Native American Community Health Center Is First Recipient of adjunctive screening system Newport Beach, CA – October 5, 2009 The Oral Cancer Foundation recently initiated a program of donating VELscope Oral Cancer Screening Systems to free clinics and others located in, and helping communities with, underserved populations. The first recipient of this program is the Native [...]

Oral Cancer Foundation praised for its social media efforts

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Source: The Oral Cancer Foundation Author: John Pohl Social Media Guru Mashable.com Cites Organizations Using Social Media for Public Good The Oral Cancer Foundation was recently praised by a leading Internet media website in an article discussing non-profit organizations that are effectively using Internet based social media for the public good. Mashable, the world’s largest site focused exclusively [...]

Philip Morris expects FDA regulation will be a perk

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Source: Richmond Times Author: David Ress Jun 23, 2009 (Richmond Times-Dispatch – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – One of the real tests of how federal regulation will affect tobacco use could be something you’ll spot at a convenience store counter. A new law signed by President Barack Obama yesterday will, among many changes, move all tobacco products — snuff [...]

University benefits the environment and the Oral Cancer Foundation

Monday, June 22, 2009

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Source: The Oral Cancer Foundation Author: John Pohl Re-Cell-a-Thon Raises Funds by Recycling Cellphones At one of America’s most scenic and historic universities, a conscientious and industrious group of students, faculty and administrators recently formed a Greening Committee dedicated to raising awareness of the many things that can and must be done to protect the environment. So where [...]

Early detection is the key

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Source: Newstime.com Author: Sandra Diamond Fox Standing before nearly 500 graduates of New York University’s School of Dentistry at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan last month, two-time Emmy Award nominee Colleen Zenk Pinter stepped forward to accept the Dr. Harry Strusser Memorial Award for public service. While Pinter, 56, was accustomed to being on stage — for more than [...]

VELscope System Called the World’s Leading Oral Cancer Screening System

Friday, February 27, 2009

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Source: LED Dental Inc Writer: John Pohl WHITE ROCK, British Columbia—February 27, 2009—LED Dental Inc. claimed today that its VELscope system is used for more oral cancer examinations than any other adjunctive technology in the world. Impressive Milestones Passed According to Dr. Ralph Green, president and CEO of LED Dental’s parent, LED Medical Diagnostics, “Since our mid-2006 launch, we have sold [...]

New oral cancer tests: crucial or wasteful?

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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Source: nytimes.com Author: Laurie Tarkan Though relatively rare, it is one of the easiest cancers to spot and diagnose. And if treated early, it is usually curable. So why do experts find oral cancer so vexing? Despite the many advances against cancer in recent decades, the statistics on this form of it remain discouraging: more [...]

Oral Cancer Advocate Receives Prestigious Award from New York University

Thursday, May 26, 2005

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5/26/2005 New York, NY US Newswire Brian Hill, founder and executive director of the non-profit Oral Cancer Foundation has received the prestigious Strusser award from the New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry. The award was presented to him at the NYU graduation ceremonies at Madison Square Garden. This award is given annually, and recognizes an individual who [...]

OCF Founder Brian Hill in Wall St Journal Article on Early Detection of Cancers

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

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11/16/2004 Amy Dockser Marcus The Wall Street Journal Efforts emerge to recognize cancer symptoms earlier All too often, the pain of a cancer diagnosis is compounded by the realization that the disease could have been caught sooner if only the early symptoms had been recognized. Indeed, for all the enormous strides in cancer-screening technologies, some very basic red flags — [...]

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