![]() ![]() J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2005 17:65-6.ĭurazzo MD, de Araujo CE, Brandão Neto Jde S, et al. Pattern of carcinoma of oral cavity reporting at dental department of Ayub medical college. Oral cancer among patients under the age of 35 years. Iype EM, Pandey M, Mathew A, Thomas G, Sebastian P, Nair MK. Age specific incidence rate and pathological spectrum of oral cancer in Allahabad. Mehrotra R, Singh M, Kumar D, Pandey AN, Gupta RK, Sinha US. Relationship of oral cancer with age, sex, site distribution and habits. National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication No. Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in the United States: An epidemiologic overview. World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva 27, Switzerland. Cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence worldwide. Century Publication: 2007:390.įerlay J et al. National Health Programmes of India - National Policies and Legislations Related to Health. Jabalpur: M/s Banarasidas Bhanot Publishers 2011. Park’s Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine. It is common in males compared to females and is usually seen after middle age. Oral cancer is one of the common malignancies in developing countries like India. Among oral cancer, buccal mucosa was highest (37.12%) followed by tongue (36.80%), oropharynx (4.74%) and lip and palate (3.15%). A total of 633 oral cancer patients were screened, of which 411 (64.93%) were males and 222 (35.07%) were females. ![]() ![]() Data was collected on the basis of the patient’s record in the hospital and analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions whenever appropriate. A total of 5879 patients who were diagnosed with cancer, of them 633 (10.76%) patients had oral cancer. A retrospective hospital record based study was carried out for the period of 2007-2011 in the department of Radiotherapy of Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni, Maharashtra, India. The present study was conducted to find out the contribution of different type of oral cancer in a tertiary care teaching hospital of western Maharashtra, India. Oral cancer ranks in the top three of all cancers in India, accounting for over 30% of all cancers reported in the country and its control is quickly becoming a global health priority. The leading sites of cancer vary from country to country. Non-communicable diseases including cancer are emerging as major public health problems in India.Cancer usually means malignancy, has become one of the ten leading cause of death in India. ![]()
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