Affiliation:
1. Professor
2. Post Graduate Student.
Abstract
Oral carcinoma is one of the important public health problem in India
as it is one of the most common types of cancer which affects a large
number of population throughout the India. Oral carcinoma includes
any malignant growth which is found on the lip, tongue, oor of the
mouth, cheek lining, palate or gingiva and it is among the top three
types of cancer in India. It is also leading cause of cancer mortality
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among men in India. The diagnosis of oral cancer at early stage is one
of the key factor to check upon physical, psychological and nancial
losses to the patient as well as it can ensure initiation of timely and
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proper treatment which can improve the survival rate up to 90%.
Subject
General Nursing,Education,General Nursing,General Medicine,Ophthalmology,Religious studies,Pharmacology (medical),Geometry and Topology,Algebra and Number Theory,Economics and Econometrics,Industrial relations,Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management,General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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