Methods used to treat oral cancers - surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can be disfiguring and costly
The study, authored by a team of researchers from the Center for Cancer Epidemiology, and Homi Bhabha National Institute, in Maharashtra, showed that as little as under 2 g a day of beer was associated with a heightened risk of buccal mucosa cancer, while 9 g a day of alcohol -- equivalent to around one standard drink -- was associated with an approximately 50 percent increased risk of mouth cancer
While not everyone who uses chewing tobacco will develop oral cancer, the majority of people who have oral cancer also use tobacco
Although not everyone who chews tobacco develops oral cancer, the large majority of people with oral cancer are chewing tobacco users
Due to an increase in the prevalence of gutka use among young people in India, the OSF was considered as an epidemic20