Screening events spread awareness about risk factors, concerning signs and symptoms
Communities and health care workers are under-educated about the risk factors, signs and symptoms of mouth and throat cancer
Due to a lack of awareness, patients are often diagnosed at later stages of disease, making existing treatments less effective
There has been a 3 fold increase in mouth and throat cancer in the last 15 years due to HPV (human papilloma virus) infections in the mouth and throat.
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