Open AccessAssessment of relationship of ABO blood groups in oral cancer patients - A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Pradhuman Verma,
Anil Kumar,
Shantanu Dixit,
Kratika Mohan,
Nidhi Gupta,
Gourab Mandal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_265_20
Subject(s) - medicine , abo blood group system , chewing tobacco , cancer , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , gastroenterology , physics , optics
India is a high-risk region for oropharyngeal cancer (OC) due to high prevalence of tobacco, betel nut, and alcohol and accounts for 30% of all new cases of oral cancer annually.