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Head and neck cancers in India
Author(s) -
Dandekar Mitali,
Tuljapurkar Vidisha,
Dhar Harsh,
Panwar Aru,
DCruz Anil K.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24545
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , etiology , socioeconomic status , head and neck cancer , cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , population , scarcity , intensive care medicine , surgery , environmental health , economics , microeconomics
Head and neck cancers constitute a third of the cancer burden in India. These cancers have unique patient characteristics, presentation, and etiological differences from those in the West. Socioeconomic constraints, large patient population, scarcity of trained health workers, and inadequate infrastructure are major challenges faced in the management of these cancers. Despite these constraints, patients are treated with evidence based guidelines that are tailored to the local scenario.