title: Head and neck cancers in India.
abstract: Head and neck cancers constitute a third of the cancer burden in India. These cancers have unique patient characteristics, presentation, and etiological differences from those in the West. Socioeconomic constraints, large patient population, scarcity of trained health workers, and inadequate infrastructure are major challenges faced in the management of these cancers. Despite these constraints, patients are treated with evidence based guidelines that are tailored to the local scenario.
authors.affiliation: Paras Cancer Centre, Patna, India.
authors.forename: Mitali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dandekar
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Vidisha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tuljapurkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 400012, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, 981225 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-1225.
authors.forename: Aru
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panwar
authors.affiliation: Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, 400012.
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: DCruz
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001114:Areca / Q000009:adverse effects; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000009:adverse effects
keywords: India; head and cancers; tobacco