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Save the Date for
the Next VICNetwork Webinar
An Interprofessional Approach to HPV
and Oral Cancer Prevention Education
Monday, January 8, 2018
9:00 am - 10:00 am Pacific / Noon - 1:00 pm Eastern
There are
approximately 31,500 cancers attributed to HPV each year and that number
continues to rise. Oropharyngeal cancer has surpassed cervical cancer as the
most common HPV-related cancer. Rates of oropharyngeal cancer have increased more
than 225% in the last few decades. More
than 70% of oropharyngeal cancers are related to HPV infection. The
Massachusetts Oral HPV Prevention Taskforce was created to build connections
between medical and dental professionals to increase HPV vaccination rates, decrease
HPV-related cancer, and educate both providers and patients on oropharyngeal
cancers. Most dental professionals are
aware of the role of smoking and alcohol consumption as risk factors for oral cavity
and oropharyngeal cancer; however, dedicated, trained dental professionals may
be underutilized assets in the realm of HPV education and oropharyngeal cancer
prevention. To this end, the Massachusetts Oral HPV Prevention Taskforce aims
to educate and empower the dental community with relevant, medically sound cancer
prevention information to educate patients to make
well-informed oral health and cancer preventive decisions.
Speakers:
Rebecca Vanucci, MA
Immunization Outreach
Coordinator,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Alessandro
Villa, DDS, Ph.D., MPH
Instructor in Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity,
Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Associate Surgeon, Brigham and
Women’s
Hospital and Dana Farmer Cancer Center
Rosie
Wagner, DDS
Private Practice in Somerville, MA
Lisa
Bennett Johnson, RDH, MS, MPH
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