Open AccessPerception and outcome of oral cancer awareness among clinical undergraduate dental students of Tertiary health care centre at Kanpur city: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Rahul Srivastava,
Sartaj Singh Wazir,
Bhuvan Jyoti,
Sachin Kushwah,
Devina Pradhan,
Pankaj Priyadarshi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_6_19
Subject(s) - medicine , syllabus , cross sectional study , family medicine , test (biology) , cancer , oral medicine , tertiary care , dentistry , pathology , paleontology , mathematics education , mathematics , biology
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has predicted that India's incidence of cancer will increase from 1 million in 2012 to more than 1.7 million in 2035. Lack of knowledge about oral cancer among general dental practitioners leads to delay in the diagnosis and treatment of such lesions. The aim of the present study was to investigate the awareness and knowledge of prevention and early diagnosis of oral cancer among dental undergraduate students.