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Show ! Battle Waged Against Oral Cancer cancer in these sites. The cure rate is nearly twice as high for patients who receive re-ceive early treatment than for those with lesions in advanced advanc-ed states. Mrs. Cowan stated that the following symptoms could mean oral cancer: 1 -unusual bleeding or discharge; 2-a lump, or swelling of the lip, gum, cheek, palate, tonsil, or neck; 3-a sore, or ulceration, that does not heal within two weeks. The oral cancer program is part of a 12-month educational education-al campaign being waged by the 4-County units of the American Cancer Society in Utah to help reduce the toll i taken by this dread disease. I ; A two-month educational program to combat oral cancer can-cer was begun this past week in Iron County by volunteers of the American Cancer Society Soc-iety with the help of local dentists. Winona Cowan, unit chairman, chair-man, said that two goals had been set for the program. First, to make every dentist's office a detection center for cancer of the mouth, and secondly, sec-ondly, to help people recognize the symptoms of early oral cancer and to take immediate corrective action. Educational pamphlets entitled en-titled "Your Defense Against Cancers of the Mouth" will be delivered by ACS volunteers to each dentist's office where they will be available without cost to the public. The dentists themselves are thoroughly schooled in examination exam-ination techniques for early detection of cancers of the lip, tongue, palate, gums, and other areas of the oral cavity at an oral symposium conducted con-ducted annually in Salt Lake City by the Utah Division of the American Cancer Society. This year in the United States alone, the ACS estimates estim-ates that 20,000 new cases of cancer of the mouth, larynx and pharynx will occur, with 9,000 deaths resulting from |