Oral Cancer Answers Podcast

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Kandra Sellers, RDH, BA, is widely regarded as one of the most passionate and successful dental practice coaches. With over 35 years in the dental industry, Kandra has held numerous career roles, thanks to the fantastic mentors she has met along the way. She is no longer seen as “just a dental hygienist,” a profession certainly not to be underestimated. Instead, Kandra is now regarded as a leading...

Listen to Marta Kaczmarczak's story as an Oral Cancer Survivor at the very young age of 23.

Dr. Stephen Roth is a board-certified Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist. He practices clinical and histologic oral pathology at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. He received his undergraduate and DDS degrees from The Ohio State University. Upon graduation, he started his Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology training at Northwell Health, Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He began his ca...

About our guest A respected thought leader and international, award-winning speaker, Jo-Anne Jones has done over 1,000 presentations worldwide. Jo-Anne brings life, energy, and inspiration to all her presentations, whether they be live or virtual, which has made her a sought-after lecturer in the dental community. Jo-Anne is a past honoree of DPR's Top 25 Women in Dentistry and joins the 2025...

Listen as Kyle discusses everything about our oral cancer walks with Megan Blair, who runs our largest walk yearly in the DMV (The DMV is the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, which is the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.)impact communities and families. Volunteer now to help raise awareness of oral cancer! Organizing oral cancer walks and screenings not only raises awareness but al...

Eva Grayzel⁠, a professional interactive performance artist, was diagnosed with late-stage oral cancer at age 33 and told she had a 15 percent chance of survival. A non-smoker, she was bounced among dental professionals while the ulcer on her tongue grew more prominent and painful. “My first biopsy was misread by a general pathologist as hyperkeratosis, when in fact it was moderate dysplasia which...

Oral Biopsy "Save Lives" with Dr. Sahar Mirfarsi & Stephanie Govea is about how a grant and a passionate oral medicine doctor can make a difference in people's lives. It was recorded with Kyle from OCF. Guests: Dr. Sahar Mirfarsi Stephanie Govea - 4th Year Medical Student

The Human Immune System Basics In a time of a Covid pandemic, and the rapid development of several life-saving vaccines to address it, the world has seen the possibilities that vaccines offer. But none of this has come without something unexpected given the hundreds of thousands who have died; vaccine hesitancy. One of the primary drivers for the last 20+ years of oropharyngeal cancers has been a...

Cancer doesn’t stop for anyone or anything. With the first phase of our First National Virtual Fundraising event drawing to a close, we wanted to shout out and feature the top 3 fundraisers who have been a powerhouse during this event. All 3 have raised over $1000 for OCF and have been a huge encouragement for those who would also like to do good.  Nick Kuehl – Nick is a Squamous Cell Carcino...

As a successful entrepreneur and international, award winning speaker, Jo-Anne has a career that has spanned over four decades as a dental hygienist with the last 20 years dedicated to education and speaking. Jo-Anne has been selected as one of DPR’s Top 25 Women in Dentistry and joins the 2020 Dentistry Today CE Leaders for the 10th consecutive year.  In the midst of preparing to presen...

We all hope that we never lose a loved one to oral cancer, but too often it happens. Sometimes there are a series of events that conspire to delay discovery and diagnosis, allowing the cancer to become much more invasive and difficult to cure. Even if that is possible, the morbidity associated with what are by any definition difficult treatments can be substantial. In this podcast we diverge from...

Dr. Fakhry is a professor of otolaryngology, head and neck surgeon, and a multi peer reviewed published researcher in numerous high profile cancer journals, on staff at Johns Hopkins, and joins us to talk about the HPV virus and oropharyngeal cancer. This is not a typical academic/science discussion. The OCF staff asked the Dr. to specifically address questions that we get over our phonelines from...

Topics discussed; What is oral medicine? Osteoradionecrosis from definition to causes and treatments. Which lesions are worthy of refferal and biopsy; defining the dangerous from the less worrisome oral abnormalities. The many step referral process in dentistry - from RDH to oral pathologist, defining the best path for your patients and your practice.