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Article: Oral Cancer Foundation to Donate Screening Devices to Free Clinics.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- October 20, 2009
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The Oral Cancer Foundation recently initiated a program of donating VELscope=AE Oral Cancer Screening Systems to free clinics and others located in, and helping communities with, underserved populations. The first recipient of this program is the Native American Community Health Center, commonly known as Native Heath, in Phoenix, Arizona, a 501[c](3) non-profit organization (see also Oral Cancer).
According to Oral Cancer Foundation executive director Brian Hill, "Our intent is to identify free clinics and health service providers in areas that have a high concentration of people who are both at risk for oral cancer and without the financial means to pay for ...