Release Date: February 2004
Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents
Rating: I Recommendation.
Rationale: The USPSTF found no new good-quality evidence that screening for oral cancer leads to improved health outcomes for either high-risk adults (i.e., those over the age of 50 who use tobacco) or for average-risk adults in the general population. It is unlikely that controlled trials of screening for oral cancer will ever be conducted in the general population because of the very low incidence of oral cancer in the United States. There is also no new evidence for the harms of screening. As a result, the USPSTF could not determine the balance between benefits and harms of screening for oral cancer.
Screening for Oral Cancer, February 2004
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
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