Gear up to Mouth Cancer Action Month

Mouth Cancer Action Month is a campaign that aims to raise awareness of mouth cancer and make a difference by saving thousands of lives through early detection and prevention.

Throughout November, it will be aiming to get more mouth cancers diagnosed at an early stage by increasing education of the risk factors and signs and symptoms while encouraging everybody to discuss them with their dental professional.

As long-time campaigners, the Oral Health Foundation is passionate and committed to increasing awareness of the disease and reducing the number of lives lost to it every year. In the UK, more than 7,000 people were diagnosed with mouth cancer last year. The disease has grown by a third in the last decade and remains one of very few cancers, which are predicted to increase further in the coming years – that’s why Mouth Cancer Action Month is so important. Although there are risk factors heavily linked to the disease, mouth cancer can affect anybody – that’s why it’s so important that we all know what to look out for. The campaign is all about taking action.