Oral Cancer Prevention

Understand oral cancer prevention methods and their healthcare applications

Oral cancer affects over 450,000 people globally each year, and in many regions, survival rates remain under 60% when cases are diagnosed late (Oral Cancer Foundation). This makes prevention, early detection, and effective policy essential.

Gain a comprehensive introduction to the prevention of oral cancer, focusing on its global burden and evidence-based strategies, on this 100% self-paced course from the expert lecturers at Taipei Medical University’s College of Oral Medicine.

Learn why oral cancer matters worldwide

You’ll start by looking at the bigger picture: how oral cancer affects people around the world.

Together, we’ll break down incidence, prevalence, mortality, and survival data across regions, so you can see the scale of the challenge.

You’ll also learn how lifestyle risks and viral factors such as HPV-16 are shifting the landscape, with rising cases in younger, non-smoking populations.

Discover prevention strategies that save lives

Next, you’ll turn your attention to the methods used to prevent oral cancer before it develops or to catch it early when treatment is most effective.

You’ll explore the evidence behind lifestyle interventions, screening programmes, and early detection tools, while also seeing how these strategies are put into practice in communities.

Create sustainable prevention programmes

Finally, you’ll learn how to weigh up whether prevention programmes are truly effective and sustainable. You’ll explore frameworks for comparing costs and health outcomes, and practise applying them to real case studies.

By connecting economic and epidemiological evidence, you’ll see how healthcare systems and policymakers decide which interventions make the biggest difference for patients and communities.

This course is designed for students, researchers, and healthcare professionals who have a basic understanding of cancer and want to expand their knowledge of oral cancer prevention.

This course is designed for students, researchers, and healthcare professionals who have a basic understanding of cancer and want to expand their knowledge of oral cancer prevention.

• Evaluate selected epidemiological studies on oral cancer.
• Describe the different study designs for research on oral cancer prevention
• Design and perform epidemiological studies in oral cancer
• Explain the concept and components of oral cancer control.
• Interpret the concept of cost – effectiveness in the context of cancer prevention interventions