Oral cancer early detection: what will it take?

The estimated annual incidence of oral cavity and pharynx cancer in men (37,160) and in women (14,380) in the United States (U.S.) has, in 2018, surpassed the number of new cases of cervical cancer in women (13,240).1 Many of these new oral and pharyngeal cancer cases are occurring in younger adults. Eleven million U.S. men and 3.2 million U.S. women now harbor human papilloma virus (HPV) in the oral cavity.2 With dramatically increasing numbers of new oral and pharyngeal cancers in the U.S., driven in part by the HPV infection epidemic, what will it take to turn this tide?

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