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First slide details. Second slide details. Third slide details. Fourth slide details. Fifth slide details. HNCA’s South Carolina chapter held[...]

HNCA’s 21st annual Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week® was held April 7-14. Thank you to our partners for[...]

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55,000

New head and neck cancers detected in US this year
80%

Survival rate of head and neck cancers detected early
215

Cases of head and neck cancer were detected early thanks to screening last year alone.
402

Free screening sites around the world
550,000

Number of new head and neck cancers per year globally
225%

Rate increase of oropharyngeal cancers between 1988 and 2004