Mouth Cancer Foundation Web Site Wins 1st Place For Cancer On The Internet 2006 Award With EUR 10,000 Prize

Main Category: Ear, Nose and Throat
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology;  IT / Internet / E-mail
Article Date: 21 Jun 2006 - 0:00 PDT

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The Cancer on the Internet Award 2006 will be presented at the 3rd International Conference on Cancer on the Internet (9-10 July 2006, Washington DC, US) to the Mouth Cancer Foundation for its mouth cancer website www.mouthcancerfoundation.org

The Cancer on the Internet Award is an original initiative of the European School of Oncology. The 2006 Award is made in exclusive partnership with Novartis Oncology.

Mouth cancers have a higher proportion of deaths per number of cases than breast cancer, cervical cancer or skin melanoma. In the UK, there has been a 19% increase in cases from 3,673 in 1995 to 4,374 in 2000 and 13,000 people in the UK are currently living in the shadow of this debilitating disease. The mortality rate from mouth cancer is just over 50% due to late detection. Despite treatment, there were 1,703 deaths in 2002 - that's approximately one death every 5 hours. The chances of survival are much improved if the cancer is detected early and rapidly treated.

Mouth Cancer Foundation
www.mouthcancerfoundation.org

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