2023-10-14 23:11:23
The Manitoba Dental Association and the Never Alone Cancer Foundation held a free oral cancer screening clinic in Winnipeg on Saturday.
The event, held at the Garden City Mall, is back for a sixth year following a 3-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dentist Christine Lachance-Piché is participating in the screening clinic for the third time this year.
According to her, the pop-up clinic makes it possible to identify certain symptoms, visible or palpable, which may be linked to cancer. I have been to this event three times and have seen people with certain lesions, either a sore or a growth, that were concerning.
Individuals are then referred to specialists who will do a more in-depth examination, she explains.
According to a joint news release from the Manitoba Dental Association and the Never Alone Cancer Foundation, more than 5,400 Canadians will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year.
According to dentist and vice-president of the communications committee of the Manitoba Dental Association, Darryll Iwaszkiw, alcohol and tobacco users, men and individuals aged fifty and over are among the most affected by cancers. of the mouth in Canada.
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According to Darryll Iwaszkiw, dentist and vice-chair of the Manitoba Dental Association’s communications committee, the majority of oral cancer cases listed by CancerCare Manitoba are linked to HPV.
Photo : Radio-Canada
In addition, certain people belonging to the at-risk age group may carry the human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the major risk factors in oral cancers.
People aged over fifty, who are most at risk of oral cancer, have not had the opportunity to be vaccinated once morest the human papilloma virus as is the case for younger people. , she says.
According to Iwaszkiw, more than half of the oral cancers listed by CancerCare Manitoba are linked to HPV.
Fred Clark, one of the event’s volunteers, was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer in 2013.
It took me a year to recover and the very first event I attended was a dinner [de Never Alone Cancer Foundation] that I mightn’t eat. They offered me food, but I mightn’t swallow it.
When I was a child, cancer was an instant death sentence. If you heard the word “cancer,” it was over. This is no longer the case today. But it’s a life sentence. We are never the same once more.
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Fred Clark has been involved with the Never Alone Cancer Foundation for several years.
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From then on, he became involved with the foundation and volunteered his time to cancer research centers.
Anyone for whom swallowing is now a challenge is campaigning for screening to be made accessible to a majority of people.
We must do everything we can to improve the situation. That’s why I’m here, he says.
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