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Stanley Tucci joins the Oral Cancer Foundation as an advisory board member
This image was published by Martin Kraft under the free license CC BY-SA NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Tucci, the respected award-winning actor, director, producer, and writer is joining the Oral Cancer Foundation Advisory Board. In September [...]
The Oral Cancer Foundation announced that Dr. Niven R. Narain has joined its Scientific Advisory Board
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Niven Narain is co-founder, president and CEO of BERG, a Boston-based biopharma firm driving next generation drug development by combining patient-driven biology and Bayesian artificial intelligence. He has been recognized as a pioneer [...]
April Is Oral Cancer Awareness Month – 2022
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. , March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the oral cavity and upper throat). Yet if oral [...]
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Jace Cogdill – 2022 Jr. Iditarod Fundraiser
In keeping with our family values of “only taking what one needs, giving back more than you take” this year Jace will be racing to raise awareness and funds for the Oral Cancer Foundation. [...]
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Oral Cancer Answers Podcast with Dr. David E. Levy
The Human Immune System Basics In a time of a Covid pandemic, and the rapid development of several life saving vaccines to address it, the world has seen the possibilities that vaccines offer. But [...]
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April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month – 2021
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the mouth and upper throat). Yet, if oral cancer is detected and treated [...]
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VIDEO AAOM Webinar: Oral Cancer Task Force
Our recent collaboration webinar with AAOM is now available for viewing for those that could not attend. VIEW RECORDING The Oral Cancer Foundation is proud to partner with AAOM to promote this valuable [...]
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OCF Founder’s Holiday wish
Brian Hill, OCF Founder/Executive Director and Stage IV Oral Cancer Survivor My wish is that in December this year the Oral Cancer Foundation can count on your help to fund our continued activities in [...]
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Giving Tuesday – December 1, 2020
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OCF Virtual Fundraiser
A normal OCF “in-person” walk event in one city can raise 50k in sponsorships, registrations, and supporter donations of registered walk/run participants. What happens when it becomes a national effort, with the potential participation [...]
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April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the mouth and upper throat). Yet, if oral cancer is detected and treated early, [...]
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Oral Cancer Answers with Jo-Anne Jones RDH
The Oral Cancer Foundation has recorded another podcast which is now available for listening. This interview is with someone well known to many here on Facebook, and within the dental industry and RDH [...]
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Eddie Van Halen Family Reveal ‘Painful’ Cancer Secret
Source: Alternative Nation Date: October 9th, 2019 Author: Bruce Buchanan Eddie Van Halen‘s ex-brother-in-law David Bertinelli recently said that Ed ‘sounded good’ in a phone call a couple of weeks ago, and he has [...]
Transpyrénées Ride for Oral Cancer – Recap 2019
Transpyrénées Ride for Oral Cancer - Recap 2019 from The Oral Cancer Foundation on Vimeo.
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 13
Video Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 13 from The Oral Cancer Foundation on Vimeo. Support The Riders
Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 12
Video Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 12 from The Oral Cancer Foundation on Vimeo. Support The Riders
Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 11
Video Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 11 from The Oral Cancer Foundation on Vimeo. Support The Riders
Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 10
Video Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 10 from The Oral Cancer Foundation on Vimeo. Support The Riders
Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 9
Video Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 9 from The Oral Cancer Foundation on Vimeo. Support The Riders
Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 8
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 7
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 6
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 5
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 4
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 3
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 2
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Trans Pyrénées Ride Day 1
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Oral Cancer Answers with Rebecca Bencal
Listen to oral cancer activist Rebecca Bencal. Learn what fueled her passion to speak about oral cancer and why early discovery is so important.
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Bringing Oral Cancer Awareness to the Boston Marathon
Rachel Layer is not your average person. In fact, she’s a little on the extraordinary side. But if you were to suggest this to her, she would deny it, insisting that it was actually her [...]
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CDC Webinar 2019
Perspectives on Oropharyngeal Cancer: Scientific Overview, Clinical Expertise, and Personal Experience Every year, over 33,000 men and women are diagnosed with cancer caused by HPV. While cervical cancer is the most well-known [...]
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Genomics and What’s New in the Treatment of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (Podcast)
Learn more on Genomics and What’s New in the Treatment of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer. This podcast was produced by The Oral Cancer Foundations partner, CancerCare. Topics Covered Overview of the Treatment of [...]
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Yankee Dental Congress – Boston, MA
OCF Booth Number: 2135 Date: JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 2, 2019 The Yankee Dental Congress is New England’s largest meeting for professionals seeking the best dental continuing education, as well as dental products, services, and [...]
Chicago Dental Society (CDS) Midwinter Meeting – Chicago, IL
OCF Booth Number: 727 Date: February 21-23, 2019 For three full days, you can see and try out the latest and best new dental products and services that more than 700 exhibiting companies have [...]
CDA Presents the Art & Science of Dentistry – Anaheim, CA
OCF Booth Number: 1588 Date: May 16-18, 2019 Experience the nation’s premier dental convention next spring. Come learn new skills in practice management and clinical care while connecting with the best and brightest in dentistry.Whether [...]
American Dental Hygiene Association (ADHA) – Louisville, KY
OCF Booth Number: 115 Dates: June 21-23, 2019 ADHA's Annual Conference is the largest, most comprehensive and cost-effective event for dental hygienists in the U.S. ADHA’s Annual Conference is the only conference entirely focused on dental hygienists, [...]
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Shop on Amazon – Support Oral Cancer Research
Through Nov 2, AmazonSmile is donating 5% (ten times the usual amount) to Oral Cancer Foundation when you shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/33-0969026. #AmazonSmile #StartWithaSmile. Click the link - it's that simple :) It doesn't cost you [...]
Giving Tuesday 2019
2019 will be my 20th year at the helm of The Oral Cancer Foundation. Looking back at those years, even with my intimate engagement with the foundation, the many patients that I have come to [...]
Oral Cancer Answers with Dr. Carole Fakhry, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Fakhry is a professor of otolaryngology, head and neck surgeon, and a multi peer reviewed published researcher in numerous high profile cancer journals, on staff at Johns Hopkins, and joins us to talk about [...]
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Introducing OCF Answers Podcast
Welcome to Oral Cancer Answers, a production of the Oral Cancer Foundation, where we discuss disease-related issues of interest to patients, survivors, advocates, and medical and dental professionals. Our guests are drawn from a large [...]
OCF Answers Podcast
Oral Cancer Answers, a production of the Oral Cancer Foundation, is where we discuss disease related issues of interest to patients, survivors, advocates, and medical and dental professionals. Our guests are drawn from a large [...]
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Eight-Time GRAMMY® Winner Ziggy Marley Partners with the Oral Cancer Foundation
The Oral Cancer Foundation has a new relationship with eight-time GRAMMY® winner, Emmy winner, humanitarian, singer, songwriter and producer, Ziggy Marley. Mr. Marley has generously offered to allow CharityBuzz to auction off three (3) VIP [...]
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April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month
Dental associations urge the public to get regular oral cancer screenings, and to self-check between examinations--early detection saves lives! NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 2, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or [...]
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March OCF Newsletter 2018
The Oral Cancer Foundation is proud to announce the official launch of its North American campaign, "Check Your Mouth™". The initiative is built around an interactive website designed to help individuals learn to self-discover suspicious [...]
What does it take to make a difference?
** This is an editorial I wrote about 2005. So some of the numbers in it may be outdated. That does not mean they have changed for the better. I am reflecting on this today [...]
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Check Your Mouth™ – OCF Announces a New Program to Facilitate Early Self-Discovery
The Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF) has launched a new nationwide campaign aimed at the early discovery of oral cancers. Their “Check Your Mouth™” (www.checkyourmouth.org) initiative is built around an interactive website designed to help individuals [...]
Twenty years of survival post treatment, and the building of OCF
It was twenty years ago this weekend. We measure our lives in milestones of growth and landmarks of experience. Goals aspired to and milestones passed, that show our progress to a destination; be it physical, [...]
RDH Under One Roof – Grapevine, TX
OCF Booth number: 309 Dates: July 31 - August 2, 2019 RDH Under One Roof is a three-day action packed event offering quality dental hygiene education. Dental hygienists learn from leading speakers in the industry [...]
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Oral Cancer Foundation December Newsletter
Thank You! As 2017 comes to a close, we leave behind an exciting and fulfilling year at The Oral Cancer Foundation. After nearly 17 years of helping to better the lives of those [...]
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UFC’S Mac Danzig Throws a Powerful Punch to Help Knockout Oral Cancer
UFC stands for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. OCF is an acronym for the Oral Cancer Foundation. Initially, most individuals may not see a correlation between the two. They may even think that they are [...]
Marie Claire Publisher Nancy Berger and Auction House CharityBuzz Partner with the Oral Cancer Foundation
The Oral Cancer Foundation has a new relationship with the Vice President/Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer of Marie Claire magazine, Nancy Berger at Marie Claire NYC Headquarters. Nancy has generously offered to allowed herself to [...]
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Check Your Mouth™ Campaign
The Check Your Mouth™ Campaign is a public service effort created by The Oral Cancer Foundation, with the hopes of creating an informed public which is able to self discover abnormalities that may be dangerous. [...]
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Oral and Oropharyngeal incidence rates for 2019
The database which collects information about cancer in the US has been updated this month. The HARD DATA is in for 2013. Yes, I know that was 6 years ago, but the data always lags [...]
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OCF Southern California Oral Cancer Walk Wrap-up – 2016
This last weekend the OCF 3rd Annual Southern California Oral Cancer Walk for Awareness took place in Fountain Valley at Mile Square Park. The walk is a little different than others, as the volunteers that [...]
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee
Many people over the years have joined OCF in our fight against Oral Cancer, but we now have a partner quite literally fighting for Oral Cancer Awareness –Gregory Copeland is using his passion of boxing [...]
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Dr. Maura Gillison elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars. Established by an Act of Congress, signed into existence by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the NAS is charged with providing [...]
Vitamix and The Oral Cancer Foundation
Vitamix Partnership Treatments for oral cancers create eating and swallowing issues for patients. During treatment, radiation and chemotherapy create painful mucositis sores that make eating by mouth difficult to the extreme, and many times [...]
Bachelor Auction Raises Money for OCF
Don’t want to be alone on Valentine’s Day? Come to a bachelor auction! That’s right ladies, 30 bachelors have passed a screening test, ages 32-55, and will be strutting their stuff on Friday February 10, [...]
12 year old Elena bakes to raise funds for OCF
Elena Cohen of Easton PA is the 12 yr old daughter of Eva Grayzel Cohen, a stage 4 oral cancer survivor, now seven years out from her disease. In preparation for her Bat-Mitzvah, Elena had [...]
Bob Dylan Tribute Concert Benefits The Oral Cancer Foundation
When Dan Roth’s lifelong friend and fellow musician called with an idea to do a benefit music concert—and told Roth he could pick the cause—the decision came naturally: Roth, a two-time oral cancer survivor, chose [...]
An Oral Cancer Walk in the Heart of Tobacco Country
Like many dental professionals, Dr. Mark Pelletier and his staff at Premier Aesthetic Dentistry outside of Columbia, South Carolina had read numerous articles over the past several years discussing the surprising growth in the number [...]
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“Be part of the change™”
In the world of cancer one of the most impactful things that can take place is the earliest possible discovery that a cancer or precancerous condition is present. Early discovery yields less morbid treatments, and [...]