Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?

Investigation in oral cancer comprises many different fields such as epidemiology, risk factors, biological markers, diagnostic testing, screening, treatment and prognosis. Although many researchers have dealt with the oral cancer problem, it is unknown if any public policy is capable of reducing it...

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Main Author: Cassius Torres-Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2010-01-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242010000500007
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spelling doaj-dc2508acae5f4d5bb3d63215c53a89bf2020-11-24T22:15:13ZengSociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica Brazilian Oral Research1806-83242010-01-0124374210.1590/S1806-83242010000500007Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?Cassius Torres-PereiraInvestigation in oral cancer comprises many different fields such as epidemiology, risk factors, biological markers, diagnostic testing, screening, treatment and prognosis. Although many researchers have dealt with the oral cancer problem, it is unknown if any public policy is capable of reducing its incidence around the world under the scrutiny of the scientific method. This paper aims to briefly review and discuss the literature regarding oral cancer public policies and to screen the evidence of controlled implementations of oral health policies that have been able to diminish oral cancer incidence around the globe.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242010000500007Mouth NeoplasmsPublic HealthPublic Policy
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author Cassius Torres-Pereira
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Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
Brazilian Oral Research
Mouth Neoplasms
Public Health
Public Policy
author_facet Cassius Torres-Pereira
author_sort Cassius Torres-Pereira
title Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
title_short Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
title_full Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
title_fullStr Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
title_full_unstemmed Oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
title_sort oral cancer public policies: is there any evidence of impact?
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica
series Brazilian Oral Research
issn 1806-8324
publishDate 2010-01-01
description Investigation in oral cancer comprises many different fields such as epidemiology, risk factors, biological markers, diagnostic testing, screening, treatment and prognosis. Although many researchers have dealt with the oral cancer problem, it is unknown if any public policy is capable of reducing its incidence around the world under the scrutiny of the scientific method. This paper aims to briefly review and discuss the literature regarding oral cancer public policies and to screen the evidence of controlled implementations of oral health policies that have been able to diminish oral cancer incidence around the globe.
topic Mouth Neoplasms
Public Health
Public Policy
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