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Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries

Head and neck cancers are the most common cancers in developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia. Head and neck cancers are more common in males compared to females. This is mainly attributed to tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, etc. Oral cancers are most common amongst all head and neck squamous...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Poonam, Dutta, Sourav, Chaturvedi, Pankaj, Nair, Sudhir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rambam Health Care Campus 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4011474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808947
http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10143
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description Head and neck cancers are the most common cancers in developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia. Head and neck cancers are more common in males compared to females. This is mainly attributed to tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, etc. Oral cancers are most common amongst all head and neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCC). HNSCC in the developing world differ from those in the Western world in terms of age, site of disease, etiology, and molecular biology. Poverty, illiteracy, advanced stage at presentation, lack of access to health care, and poor treatment infrastructure pose a major challenge in management of these cancers. The annual GDP (gross domestic product) spent on health care is very low in developing countries compared to the developed countries. Cancer treatment leads to a significant financial burden on the cancer patients and their families. Several health programs have been implemented to curb this rising burden of disease. The main aims of these health programs are to increase awareness among people regarding tobacco and to improve access to health care facilities, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care.
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spelling pubmed-40114742014-05-07 Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries Joshi, Poonam Dutta, Sourav Chaturvedi, Pankaj Nair, Sudhir Rambam Maimonides Med J Cancer of the Oral Cavity Head and neck cancers are the most common cancers in developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia. Head and neck cancers are more common in males compared to females. This is mainly attributed to tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, etc. Oral cancers are most common amongst all head and neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCC). HNSCC in the developing world differ from those in the Western world in terms of age, site of disease, etiology, and molecular biology. Poverty, illiteracy, advanced stage at presentation, lack of access to health care, and poor treatment infrastructure pose a major challenge in management of these cancers. The annual GDP (gross domestic product) spent on health care is very low in developing countries compared to the developed countries. Cancer treatment leads to a significant financial burden on the cancer patients and their families. Several health programs have been implemented to curb this rising burden of disease. The main aims of these health programs are to increase awareness among people regarding tobacco and to improve access to health care facilities, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care. Rambam Health Care Campus 2014-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4011474/ /pubmed/24808947 http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10143 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Joshi P, et al. This is an open-access article. All its content, except where otherwise noted, is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries
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title_short Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries
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