Cancer Screening.

Close to 37,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal
cancer this year and it will cause over 8,000 deaths. Dr. Castaneda utilizes
the VELscope, a powerful tool that can potentially save lives by assisting
in the discovery of oral abnormalities. The VELscope's distinctive blue-spectrum light causes the soft tissues of the mouth to naturally fluoresce. Healthy tissues fluoresce in distinctive patterns — patterns that are visibly disrupted by trauma or disease. Using the VELscope, a wide variety of oral abnormalities can be discovered — often before they're visible to the unassisted eye.

Discovering soft tissue abnormalities is particularly important in the fight against oral cancer. Because the VELscope assists in early detection,
cancer can be caught before it has time to spread, potentially saving lives
through less invasive, more effective treatment.

The VELscope is:

• Completely safe
• Simple to use
• No unpleasant rinses or stains
• Entire exam in about two minutes
• The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the VELscope system as one of eight products that address global health concerns...
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