That message struck uncomfortably close to home for Dr. Vernon Sheen the day he found a lump inside a patient's mouth.
The patient was his own 74-year-old father, Shuh-ji Sheen.
Mr. Sheen had dropped by Annapolis Center for Dental Health and Wellness for a quick checkup from his son while in town on vacation. Some vacation.
"The lump was bigger than a grape, and he didn't even know it was there," says Dr. Sheen in amazement. "It was something he'd...
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