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Oral Cancer Foundation breaks records in April’s Awareness and Screening Month

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Source: MSNBC News Author: staff Oral cancer is an insidious disease that too often is not discovered until very late in its development, as it might not produce symptoms the average person may notice. By then treatments are less effective, and because of late discovery in far too many patients, it has a five year [...]

Oral cancer: How discovery devices assist screenings

Sunday, April 10, 2011

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Source: www.dentistryiq.com Author: Nick Efthimiadis, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, LED Dental Inc. As the intense media attention surrounding Michael Douglas’s illness clearly demonstrated, oral cancer is increasingly in the news these days. With the unfortunate growth in the number of relatively young people contracting the disease due to exposure to the sexually-transmitted human papilla [...]

Henry Schein Dental selected as exclusive distributor of VELscope Vx System in North America

Thursday, January 6, 2011

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Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release LED Dental announced today that Henry Schein Dental will be the exclusive distributor of its revolutionary new VELscope Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment system in North America. Henry Schein Dental is the U.S. Dental business of Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and services to [...]

Latest generation VELscope device approved for sale by Health Canada

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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Source: www.sfgate.com Author: staff LED Dental Inc. announced today that its VELscope Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment system was granted a medical device license and approved for sale by Health Canada. The VELscope Vx system’s unique cordless design and affordable pricing make it easier than ever for dental practices to detect oral cancer and other forms [...]

VELscope system honored by the WHO

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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Source: Dentistry IQ Author: Staff Jul 7, 2010 BURNABY, British Columbia—LED Dental has announced that the World Health Organization has recognized the VELscope enhanced oral assessment system as an innovative device that addresses global health concerns. In 2009, the WHO Department of Essential Health Technologies challenged the scientific and business communities to identify and develop [...]

Learn the risk factors of oral cancer

Friday, April 2, 2010

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Source: King5TV Author: Elizabeth Berman Tens of thousands of people will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year. Only half will survive five years. 75% of dentists do not screen for oral cancer which is why it goes undetected and spreads throughout the body before it’s too late. There is now a link between oral [...]

Instant screening device is the best defense for detecting deadly oral cancer

Friday, March 5, 2010

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Source: worldental.org Author: staff Every year, over 34,000 Americans develop oral cancer. Many die, and many others must undergo surgery that leaves them permanently disfigured. In the March 2010 issue of Esquire magazine, film critic Roger Ebert shared his story about his battle with the oral cancer disease. After multiple surgeries, he lost his lower [...]

Study suggests VELscope can help reduce recurrence of oral cancer

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Source: www.dentaleconomics.com Author: staff LED Dental has announced a recent study suggests that its VELscope screening system can help surgeons reduce the recurrence rate for oral cancer following surgery. The article, “Tracing the ‘At-Risk’ Oral Mucosa Field with Autofluorescence: Steps Toward Clinical Impact,” was just published in the journal, Cancer Prevention Research. The article was [...]

VELscope used to screen Olympic athletes for oral cancer

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Source: www.dentaleconomics.com Author: staff LED Dental has announced that the VELscope oral cancer screening system is being used to conduct oral cancer screenings for up to 800 athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The International Olympic Committee mandated that 20% of athletes–up from 10% four years ago–receive a comprehensive examination [...]

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 [...]

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