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Oral cancer awareness and screening practices in urban versus rural Indian population: Web-based survey.

Ipseeta Menon, Pratiksha Kumar, Pawan Rebello, Kaveri Surya Khanna, Robin Malik, Neha Agrawal

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Ipseeta MenonDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Patia, India.
Pratiksha KumarDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government College of Dentistry, Indore, India.
Pawan RebelloDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Sardar Patel Postgraduate Institute of Dental and Medical, Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Kaveri Surya KhannaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Yamuna Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gadholi, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India.
Robin MalikDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Santosh Dental College, Santosh (Deemed to be) University, Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR, India.
Neha AgrawalDepartment of Biochemistry, Index Medical College Hospital and Research center, Indore, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer screening and awareness remain a vital strategy in the fight against cancer, helping to reduce both the incidence and mortality rates through early detection and intervention. Early detection significantly improves treatment outcomes and survival rates. Therefore, it is of interest to compare oral cancer awareness and screening practices among urban and rural Indian population, highlighting disparities, barriers and the need for targeted interventions to improve early detection and reduce mortality. Hence, a web-based survey was used to evaluate oral cancer awareness and screening practices among urban and rural populations. The analysis identified a significant disparity in awareness levels between the two populations, with urban respondents consistently exhibiting higher levels of awareness across all measured domains.

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awarenessOral cancerscreeningweb-based survey

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