PREVENTION OF ORAL CANCER

口腔软组织病变、癌前病变和癌是其中最常见的 严重，并且在口腔癌的情况下，危及生命，口腔 条件 许多这些癌症的风险因素已明确确定 作为与医疗条件和治疗的共病， 吸烟和饮酒等危险行为。 这些癌症和 导致它们的风险是健康促进和疾病的目标 预防 该分支正在进行研究， 与这些口腔疾病相关的知识、观点和实践 并将重点放在干预研究上， 降低这些疾病的发病率和患病率， 相关的风险行为。 工作人员分析了1990年和1992年的NHIS 关于口腔癌的风险、体征和症状的知识的数据， 做过口腔癌检查。 两项分析均已发表。 工作人员 正在与来自马里兰州部门的几名调查人员合作 卫生部和马里兰州大学关于全州范围的调查， 公众和卫生保健的知识、意见和做法 提供者（牙医、牙科医生、执业护士和 关于口腔癌。 这些数据和其他数据将用于 计划教育干预措施，可以作为一个国家的模式， 癌症预防和早期发现。 此外，国家调查显示， 牙科和医学院评估口腔疾病患者的危险因素 癌症已经进行;一个已经发表，另一个已经发表， 接受出版。 工作人员与其他机构合作， 对牙医和牙科医师进行两次全国性调查， 他们对口腔癌的知识和实践。工作人员准备了一个 供国家战略规划会议使用的背景文件 预防和控制口腔癌和咽癌， 由疾病控制和预防中心，NIDR和 美国牙科协会。 工作人员目前是 参加口腔癌特别工作组。

Oral soft tissue lesions, precancerous and cancers are among the most serious, and in the case of oral cancer, life-threatening, oral conditions. Risk factors for many of these cancers clearly are identified as co-morbidities with medical conditions and treatments and with high risk behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use. These cancers and the risks leading to them are targets for health promotion and disease prevention. The Branch is pursuing research which identifies correlates of knowledge, opinions and practices associated with these oral conditions and brings focus to intervention research which could improve strategies to reduce the incidence of and prevalence of these conditions and associated risk behaviors. Staff have analyzed the 1990 and 1992 NHIS data regarding knowledge of risks, signs and symptoms of oral cancer and having had oral cancer examinations. Both analyses were published. Staff are collaborating with several investigators from the Maryland Department of Health and the University of Maryland regarding statewide surveys of the knowledge, opinions and practices of the public and health care providers (dentists, dental hygienists, nurse practitioners and physicians) regarding oral cancers. These and other data will be used to plan educational interventions that could serve as a state model for oral cancer prevention and early detection. In addition, national surveys of dental and medical schools assessing risk factors of patients for oral cancer have been conducted; one has been published, the other has been accepted for publication. Staff have collaborated with other agencies to conduct two national surveys of dentists and dental hygienists regarding their knowledge and practices of oral cancers. Staff prepared one of the background papers for use at the national strategic planning conference for the prevention and control of Oral and Pharyngeal cancers which was sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIDR and the American Dental Association. Staff currently are members of and participate on the Ad Hoc Oral Cancer Workgroup.