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In this course you will learn how to use the OralCDx^® BrushTest TM to help prevent oral cancer – years before it can even start. Virtually every oral cancer started as a harmless appearing dysplastic spot that looks just like the small spots you see almost every day. Learn why only a laboratory test like OralCDx^® can determine that an oral spot is not dysplastic. This course also guides you in how to communicate the reassuring message to your patients that you are protecting them by detecting dysplasia - long before it can cause any harm.

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Drore Eisen

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Learning Objectives:

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Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to do the following:

1. Review and understand:
   1. Indications and contraindications of the BrushTest
   2. The results of the pivotal 35 site U.S. oral brush biopsy multicenter study
   3. How to perform a BrushTest
   4. How specimens are analyzed with computer-assistance
   5. Test results: what they mean to you and your patients
   6. How to explain the benefits and results of the BrushTest to your patients
2. Understand the role of the dentist in detecting oral precancers with the BrushTest, long before they could become dangerous to patients.

Abstract:

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In this course, you will learn the role of the BrushTest™ (the transepithelial oral brush biopsy with computer-assisted analysis) in detecting oral precancers- years before they can cause any harm. Virtually every oral cancer started, years earlier, as a harmless appearing precancerous spot that looks exactly like the small spots you see almost every day. The BrushTest detects an abnormal, oral precancerous condition known as dysplasia, long before it can develop into an oral cancer. Dysplasia refers to abnormal cells found above the basement membrane that are, therefore, not dangerous yet, but can eventually progress to cancer if not properly treated. Clinically, oral spots that are dysplastic appear identical to common, harmless-looking, totally benign spots. In the past, these spots were not biopsied since they were not suspicious and caused no symptoms. They are different from the suspicious lesions that cause pain and bleeding and should have a scalpel biopsy. By using the BrushTest to test the very common, small white spots (leukoplakia – the most prevalent precancer in the mouth) and red spots (erythroplakia) that you see almost everyday, you will identify, with very high accuracy, which of those common spots may be dysplastic. It typically takes several years before unhealthy cells in a dysplastic spot can transform into an oral cancer, and during this time, the spot can be removed and an oral cancer potentially prevented. The BrushTest is intended to test only lesions in the mouth and not on the skin.

Just as the Pap smear helps prevent cervical cancer, and colonoscopy helps prevent colon cancer, the BrushTest can now help prevent oral cancer. This course will also guide you in communicating a reassuring message to your patients – preventing oral cancer by detecting dysplasia - years before it can cause any harm.

Outline:

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1. Understanding the Role of the Brush Biopsy
2. The BrushTest: Performing a Test and Understanding the Results

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