IJCM_150A: A profile of Head and Neck Cancer patients attending a tertiary cancer care centre in Southern Karnataka

• Main Authors: Shankar Vaishna M (Author), Shetty Ranjitha S (Author), Salins Shirley Lewis (Author), Mallya Sneha Deepak (Author), Kunder Manjula Anil (Author), Bhat Vasudev (Author), Salins Naveen (Author), Upadya Sudhakara P (Author), Balaji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Overall, 57.5% of head and neck cancers (HNC) globally are from Asia. In India, HNC accounted for 30% of all cancers in males and 11 to 16% in females, of all sites of cancer. HNC in the low- and middle-income countries differ from those in the Western part of the globe in terms of age,...