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BDA Conference 2012

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24
Apr

bda2012Saving Faces was excited to have a stand at the British Dental Association’s 2012 Conference and Exhibition.

This year’s event was be held at the Manchester Central Conference Complex in the heart of the city from the 26th to the 28th of April. Over four thousand delegates are expected to attend.

sfdads logo_darkblue_tag_small_72dpiWe were particularly excited to be promoting the Saving Faces Diagnostic Advice Service (SFDADS), which will help dentists detect mouth cancers early and speed up the referral process. Participating dentists upload patient details and electronic images of suspect lesions onto a secure online system and receive expert diagnostic advice from a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon within 3 working days.

 

 

 

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Joint Research Fellowship – Interim Report

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Interim report for the BAOMS/FSRF-Saving Faces Joint Fellowship

Summary of Research

Oral cancer is the commonest type of head and neck cancer and remains a debilitating and devastating disease. Its incidence is growing in the UK and advances in the management of this disease have made little impact on the overall survival for the condition.  The most adverse factor for survival in oral cancer is extracapsular spread (ECS). In this instance the disease spreads from the mouth to lymph nodes in the neck and subsequently spills out from these lymph nodes.

Biopsy tissue was collected from 110 patients with oral cancer at University Hospital Aintree in Liverpool, one of the largest head and neck cancer referral centres in the UK. This tissue was used to determine the important molecular events in the development of ECS.  Clinical data from patient follow-up after surgery confirmed the dire consequences of ECS. The findings were comparable with a larger previous study in which less than one quarter of the patients with ECS survived after 5 years.

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