Oral cancer is the 6th most prevalent of all cancers in the world and GLOBOCAN predicts a 57.5% rise in cancer cases from 2020 to 2040, an alarming rate of growth. DEFINITION AND STATISTICS World Health Organization 2017 defines oral cancer as tumors in the buccal mucosa, the anterior two-third of the tongue, the lip, palate, vestibule, alveolus, floor of the mouth, and gingivae. ICMR (Indian Council of Medical research) and NCDIR (National Centre for Disease Information and Research) have shown number of new cancer case in India in 2022 as 1,461,427 with oral cancer (lip,oral cavity) accounting for 1,35,929 i.e.
10.3% of all cancers and predicts a sharp rise in new cases from 1.6million in 2022 to 1.57 million in 2025 in India . Oral cancer prevalence is 1st in the age range of 15-39 yr and 40-69 yr, males more prone than females. Death caused by cancer amounts to 8,08,558 in…
