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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sargun Singh Walia M.B.B.S.[2]; Grammar Reviewer: Natalie Harpenau, B.S.[3]

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There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for oral cancer.

There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for oral cancer.^[1]
There is no country that has any routine screening program for oral cancer.
There is insufficient evidence to support any screening modality that might decrease mortality in oral cancer.

↑ Speight, Paul M.; Epstein, Joel; Kujan, Omar; Lingen, Mark W.; Nagao, Toru; Ranganathan, Kannan; Vargas, Pablo (2017). "Screening for oral cancer—a perspective from the Global Oral Cancer Forum". Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 123 (6): 680–687. doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2016.08.021. ISSN 2212-4403.