Oral cancer cases fall in Goa, but younger patients raise alarm
Goa, July 31 -- Despite Goa's suc cess in reducing the preva lence of oral cancer to be low 10 per cent - far lower than the national average of 28.6 per cent - doctors are warning of a disturbing new trend: the disease is in creasingly being diagnosed in people in their 30s due to the early use of smokeless tobacco products such as gutkha and pan masala. President of the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE-India) and senior oncologist Dr Shekhar Salkar said India continues to bear nearly one-third of the global oral cancer burden, with around 1.35 lakh new cases and 75,000 deaths reported every year. "Nationally, oral cavity cancer ranks as the leading cancer, though sustained advocacy and enforcement - such as the Goa Pr...
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