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ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine2011

Oral Cancer Screening at Workplace in India-One-year Follow-up.

Pa Uplap, Ga Mishra, P Majumdar, Sd Gupta, Ps Rane, Pk Sadalge, Am Avasare, Ss Goswami, Va Dhar, Ss Shastri

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Article in Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pa UplapDepartment of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Ga Mishra
P Majumdar
Sd Gupta
Ps Rane
Pk Sadalge
Am Avasare
Ss Goswami
Va Dhar
Ss Shastri
Tata Memorial Hospital · INManipal Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral cancer remains the commonest form of cancer and cancer-related deaths among Indian males due to popularity of avoidable risk factors such as tobacco and alcohol use. A workplace oral cancer screening and tobacco cessation study was commenced on World No Tobacco Day 2007 at a chemical industry in rural Maharashtra.

aimsThe objectives were to screen the employees for oral neoplasia and to correlate it with their tobacco consumption pattern. In addition, the objective was to provide tobacco cessation services at the workplace. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis is an interventional cohort study among 104 employees of a chemical industrial unit in rural Maharashtra. Naked eye examination of the oral cavity was performed for all employees by a doctor irrespective of the tobacco habits at the beginning and at the end of 1 year. In between, the tobacco users were regularly examined during each follow-up. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Through personal interviews of the participants, data were manually recorded and were transferred to electronic data base. Data analysis was conducted in STATA™ 8.2 on intention to treat basis. RESULTS AND

conclusionsAmong the 104 employees, 50 (48.08%) were current tobacco users at the beginning of the program. Oral precancers were seen exclusively among 20 (40%) tobacco users. After 1 year of workplace tobacco cessation intervention, 80% of oral precancers regressed. This shows that screening of the oral cavity at the workplace is effective when combined with tobacco cessation.

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Naked eye examinationoral cancer screeningtobacco cessationworkplace

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