Rui Albuquerque
Underdiagnosis and late diagnosis of oral cancer: etiological factors and solutions
- Degree in Dental Medicine from the Higher Institute of Health Sciences Egas Moniz (2006)
- Master degree in Oral Medicine (2007)and Doctorate (2012) from the University of Barcelona
- Consultant in Oral Medicine and Hon. Senior Lecturer at Guy’s hospital & King’s college London
- Lead for Dental Therapeutics- King’s College London
- Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MFDS)
- Coordinator of the EU Grant projects: Smoking cessation; Oral potentially malignant disorders
Nationality: Portugal
Scientific areas: Oral Medicine
5 of november, from 11h00 until 11h35
Auditorium A
Conference summary
The late diagnosis of oral cancer encompasses 3 main factors: the patient, the health professional and the hospital system itself.
The patient may not be able to identify the first signs and symptoms of malignant suspicious lesions. The dentist is in a unique position for the early diagnosis of oral cancer, however, due to many external factors, the search for other Health professionals, with undifferentiated training in head and neck, can lead to incorrect or underdiagnosis of oral cancer.
This conference will seek to demonstrate what is being developed at european level to improve the knowledge of patients, the competence of health professionals and secondary hospital care, from diagnostic consultation to treatment. Several clinical cases will be presented and different strategies will be discussed that allow an improvement of the various etiological factors.