title: Risk factors and costs of oral cancer in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi.
abstract: The present study conducted with 100 oral cancer patients at a private tertiary care hospital in Delhi demonstrated that stage III cancer was associated with longer use of tobacco and poor oral hygiene. There was also statistically significant association (p<.05) between consumption of tobacco and alcohol. More than 60% treatment expenditure was on surgery followed by accommodation (9%) and investigations (8%). The effect of tobacco was well known among patients as 76% of the patients knew that common cancer in tobacco chewer is 'oral cancer', 22% of the patients however responded that they did not know which cancer is common in tobacco chewers. 58% said that they learnt about ill effects of tobacco from media while 24% said they learnt from family and friends. Out of 78 tobacco users, 60 (77%) said that they never received help to quit tobacco while 18(23%) have received help to quit.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India E-mail : vktiwari.nihfw@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Vijay Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Kesavan Sreekantan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Sherin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raj
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000191:economics*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000009:adverse effects