Oral Cancer An Endemic Disease In India: It’s Prevalence, Risk Factors And Treatment: A Review.

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

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Sonal Anto¹  Sujitha PJand Sambathkumar R.¹ 

[1] Department of Pharmacy Practice, J.K.K Nattraja college of Pharmacy

关键词: Oral cancer;    socioeconomic inequalities;    risk factors;    palliative care;    prevention and awareness;   

DOI  :  10.33887/rjpbcs/2019.10.6.8

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Oral cancer is a malignant disease contributing to one-third of the total cancer burden in India and isone among the four most basic tumors.This chronic disease is a public health problem both in developing aswell as developed countries. Around India about 274,300 new cases of oral malignant growth happen in everyyear of which almost 66% are from developing countries.Oral malignancy will remain a noteworthy medicalissue and the occurrence will increase by 2020 and 2030 in both genders, anyway early discovery andcounteractive action will diminish this trouble.Oral malignancy is a preventable disease, where smoking andalcohol is considered as major risk factors which are present in 90% of cases, having them both a synergiceffect.Educating the people about the risk factors, its prevention and what needs to be done when one hasalready got a premalignant lesion can only be accomplished through public awareness programs.

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