Oral Cancer and the Tragedy of Thinking Inside the Box

Analyzing The National Cancer Data Base, Fujiwara et al. (2016) concluded that oral cancer treatment delay significantly impacts overall survival [2]. On December 26th, 2022, the following statement could be identified on the website of the National Cancer Institute: “There is inadequate evidence to establish whether screening would result in a decrease in mortality from the oral cavity and nasopharyngeal cancers” [3]