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The Challenge of Head and Neck Cancer in India

✍ Scribed by Raja S. Rao; Prafulla B. Desai

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 252 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1043-3074
DOI: 10.1002/hed.2880110602

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✦ Synopsis

Nearly one third of the total cancers seen in India originate in the head and neck area. The number of cases are far too many, and specialized centers with adequate treatment facilities are few and scattered across the country. To meet this challenge and contain the problem, the Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research have established a National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP).

The NCCP estimates a total annual incidence of 0.5 million new cancers in India, with a prevalence of 1.5 million. These figures are expected to triple by the turn of the century.' The hospital-based cancer registry of the Tata Memorial Hospital recorded 11,986 cases of cancer in 1985, of which 3,562 (29.7%) were in the head and neck area (Table 1).

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