April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and you probably didn’t know that young people, in particular, are susceptible to the disease through the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Or that 50,000 new cases of oral and throat cancer were diagnosed in the United States in 2017.

Sparrow and Delta Dental are joining together to spotlight awareness and prevention techniques

Sparrow and Delta Dental are also joining together to showcase a free screening event at Lansing Community College on April 23.

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Sparrow, a member of the prestigious Mayo Clinic Care Network, is mid-Michigan’s premier health care organization that includes hospitals in Lansing, St. Johns, Ionia and Carson City as well as Physicians Health Plan, Sparrow Physicians Health Network, the Sparrow Medical Group and the Michigan Athletic Club. Sparrow is affiliated with Michigan State University’s three human health colleges. Through these partnerships and the dedication of our 10,000 Caregivers, Sparrow pursues a vision to be nationally recognized as a leader in quality and Patient experience. For more information, visit Sparrow.org.

Delta Dental of Michigan, and its affiliates in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee collectively are among the largest dental plan administrators in the nation. In 2016, the enterprise paid out $3.6 billion for dental care for 12.8 million members. Offices are located in Okemos and Farmington Hills, Michigan; Sherwood and Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina; Cleveland, Cincinnati and Dublin, Ohio; and Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, Tennessee. 

Listen to the pair of full interview now by clicking on the embedded SoundCloud PodCast shared below!
Part 1 is Jeff Lyon of Grand Ledge, MI, the cancer survivor, followed by Delta Dental’s Chief Science Officer V.P. Dr. Jeffrey W. Johnston, DDS, MS 
Part 2 is Sparrow Herbert-Herman Cancer Center Oncologist, Dr. Muhammad Hamdan.