Free mouth cancer checks on 25 September 2013

We're offering free Mouth Cancer Checks on 25 September 2013. Regular dental checkups can often spot the early stages of mouth cancer.

Reducing the risk of mouth cancer

The three most effective ways to prevent developing mouth cancer (or prevent it re-ocurring after successful treatment) are:

• not smoking
• keeping to the recommended weekly limits for alcohol consumption (21 units for men and 14 units for women (read more about alcohol units)
• eating a 'Mediterranean-style diet', with plenty of fresh vegetables (particularly tomatoes), citrus fruits, olive oil and fish (read more about healthy eating)

It's also important that you have regular dental check-ups because dentists can often spot the early stages of mouth cancer.

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Outlook

If mouth cancer is diagnosed early, a complete cure is often possible using a combination of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery. An estimated 4 out of 5 people with early-stage mouth cancer will live at least five years after their diagnosis and many peole live much longer. The outlook is poor if mouth cancer is diagnosed at a later stage, after the cancer has spread from the mouth into surrounding tissue. In these circumstances, just 1 in 5 people will live for at least five years after being diagnosed.

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