👀On world no tobacco day i would like to create an awareness not just to avoid tobacco in prevention of oral cancer,but also stress the importance of good oral hygiene. There has been an increase of oral cancers among smokers and drinkers . a disturbing trend that i stumbled upon is the increase in prevalane of cancers in non smokers and non drinkers. look out for these symptoms which may be cancers non healing ulcers red or white patches in the mouth hoarse voice difficulty in breathing pain while swallowing unexplained weight loss after i read the article cited below i was feeling extremely sorry for the patients for this new trend Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14(9):5061-5. Early stage oral tongue cancer among non-tobacco users --an increasing trend observed in a South Indian patient population presenting at a single centre. head and neck cancers are curable and the survival rates are 80 to 90 % if detected early
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