Open AccessEpidemiological profile of head and neck cancer patients in Western Uttar Pradesh and analysis of distributions of risk factors in relation to site of tumor
Author(s) -
Mohammad Shadab Alam,
Shahid Ali Siddiqui,
Roshan Perween
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.180687
Subject(s) - medicine , chewing tobacco , epidemiology , risk factor , larynx , incidence (geometry) , head and neck cancer , cancer , tongue , malignancy , carcinoma , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , surgery , pathology , physics , optics
Head and neck cancers (HNCs) are a major form of cancers in India. The spectrum varies from place to place within the country because of significant diversified risk factors.