Oral Cancer

Over 8.8 crore women have been screened for cervical cancer under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Disease of which nearly 98,000 were diagnosed with the disease, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Under the same programme, over 14 crore were screened for breast cancer and more than 26 crore for oral cancer. Among them, nearly 56,000 breast cancer cases and 1.56 lakh oral cancer cases were detected, he said. Besides, 32.52 crore people were screened for hypertension and 32.36 crore for Diabetes. The number of diagnosed cases were 3.21 crore and 2.05 crore respectively. In order to prevent and control major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including stroke cases, the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Disease (NP-NCD) was launched by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in 2010. It focuses on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, health .

The Lancet Oncology study highlighted that South-Central Asia recorded the highest number of oral cancer cases linked to smokeless tobacco and areca nut use

Around 26 per cent of cancer patients in India have tumours in the head and neck, and there is an upward trend of such cases in the country, a study has found. The findings of the study, conducted on 1,869 cancer patients across the country, were released on the World Head and Neck Cancer Day observed on Saturday. Cancer Mukt Bharat Foundation, a Delhi-based non-profit organisation, conducted the study by collating data from calls received on its helpline number from March 1 to June 30. Dr. Ashish Gupta, a senior oncologist who is heading the Cancer Mukt Bharat Campaign in India, said that India is seeing surge in head and neck cancer cases, especially among young men, due to increased tobacco consumption and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. "Around 80-90 pc of oral cancer patients have been found to use tobacco in some form, be it smoking or chewing. Most of the head and neck cancer are preventable, unlike other cancers for which the reason is unknown. It is a preventable ..

A study by the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), a premier cancer treatment and research institute here, has estimated that the productivity loss of the country due to oral cancer in year 2022 was approximately USD 5.6 billion. India contributes two-thirds of the global mortality due to oral cancer and has a younger population at risk, said the study, which analysed how the disease affected 100 patients treated between 2019 and 2020 with a follow-up of 36 months. The median age of these patients was 47 years at the time diagnosis, and the majority of them were male. The disease-specific survival for early and advanced stages of the disease was 85 per cent and 70 per cent, with a median age of 47 years. "With (a total of) 671 years (referring to these 100 cases) lost prematurely, the loss of productivity was USD 41, 900 for early stage and USD 96, 044 for the advanced stage. Based on population level rates, the total cost of premature mortality was USD 5.6 billion in 2022, representing ..

Quickblue is designed to detect oral cancer swiftly, eliminating the need for extensive preclinical and clinical trials

In what is claimed to be path-breaking research, the city-based government institute, along with HCG, has identified 114 genetic variants which cause oral cancer in humans. The study has revealed key genetic signatures also that can predict survival in oral cancer patients with over 90 percent accuracy. Karnataka Minister for IT/BT and S&T C N Ashwath Narayan said, the research was conducted jointly by IBAB (Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology), an institute set up by Department of IT/BT, and research doctors from HCG, using state-of-the-art genomics facility located at IBAB. The study made extensive use of advanced machine learning and bio-informatics, he was quoted as saying by his office in a press release. Though the oral cancer is one of the most common in the country (40 percent of all cancer cases), this was the first time such an extensive study had been carried out relating to this. The data obtained in the research has been compared with western ...

India spent approximately Rs 2,386 crore in 2020 on oral cancer treatment, paid for by insurance schemes, government and private sector, spending out of pocket, donations or combination of both.

Tobacco use may lead to 10 million deaths per year across the world by 2030, National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR) Director Shalini Singh has said. She said the goal should be to provide every possible support to tobacco users in quitting and suggested increasing taxes on tobacco products to reduce their consumption in the country. "With the current pace of tobacco consumption, it has been estimated that about 10 million lives would be lost annually by 2030 and the use of tobacco would be the sole reason for it," Singh said in a statement. She said tobacco is not only burning a hole in the pocket of its users but it's also taking away their lives. Singh also suggested standardisation of smokeless tobacco products, banning sale of tobacco products in loose, and a stringent regulatory mechanism to control surrogate advertisements of smokeless tobacco products as necessary measures to reduce their consumption in the country.

Three Indian scientists conducted the research