DENTISTS will gather today in a bid to tackle the disproportionate number of Scots being diagnosed with mouth cancer.
More than 300 experts are meeting in Glasgow to discuss the important of early detection for one of the country's fastest-growing cancers.
Mouth cancer rates have risen by more than 41% in the past 10 years, with 6200 people in the UK diagnosed with the disease.
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