Oral Cancer and the Tragedy of Thinking Inside the Box

Abstract

Analyzing The National Cancer Data Base, Fujiwara et al. (2016) concluded that oral cancer treatment delay significantly impacts overall survival [2]. On December 26th, 2022, the following statement could be identified on the website of the National Cancer Institute: “There is inadequate evidence to establish whether screening would result in a decrease in mortality from the oral cavity and nasopharyngeal cancers” [3]