The National Oral Cancer Awareness Program
Bonner, P.
Orl-Head and Neck Nursing Official Journal of the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses 16(2): 15-19
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1064-3842 PMID: 9782939 Document Number: 494448
The National Oral Cancer Awareness Program (NOCAP) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program aimed at increasing public and professional awareness of oral cancer. The objective of NOCAP is to facilitate cooperation among the various healthcare disciplines involved in oral cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and patient rehabilitation, in order to reduce the incidence, mortality, and morbidity, of oral cancer through education-based prevention and early detection programs. Nurses play a definitive role in patient education and should therefore become a part of this cooperative effort.