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| | Oral cancer campaign urges Detroiters to get checked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The Detroit area, with one of the highest incidence and mortality rates of oral cancer in the state, had only 35 percent of its oral cancer cases detected at an early (localized) stage. |
 | | Among the risk factors of oral cancer are tobacco use, moderate or heavy alcohol use, a diet low in fruits and vegetables, lack of access to early screening and dental care, and poor oral hygiene. |
 | | Oral cancer is more prevalent in African American men in Detroit than cancer of the esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, larynx, skin or bladder. |
| www.cancer.med.umich.edu /news/oralcancer05.htm (546 words) |
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