Oral cancer screening in India: Insights from the National Family Health Survey-5
The fifth round of NFHS has exposed the void in screening common cancers in India. Prioritizing screening for oral cancer among high-risk groups is essential in our country, where exposure to tobacco and betel quid products is relatively high. In short, coordinated efforts at the decentralized level to address prevention and early detection using trained healthcare providers could yield the best results in oral cancer control.
Authors
- Sujha Subramanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2415-9721)
- Binukumar Bhaskarapillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3056-941X)
- Radhakrishnan Jayakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-3225)
Institutions
- Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram (IN)
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2016_24
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00