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- Title
Is workplace screening for potentially malignant oral disorders feasible in India?
- Authors
Warnakulasuriya, S; Kashyap, R; Dasanayake, A P
- Abstract
Because of delays in diagnosis, oral cancer usually presents for therapy at a late stage. Patients are unaware of having lesions as they are mostly asymptomatic and physicians generally do not examine the mouth sufficiently. People in rural areas or are underserved may not frequently visit the dentist who can easily pick up these lesions early. Screening programs are useful in that regard. Such programs in general are conducted by either inviting people to come to a screening center or by health care workers visiting the individual households. However, those who work during the day may not visit screening centers or be at home during the day of the screening by a visiting health care worker. Workplace screening overcomes these challenges.
- Publication
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology, 2010, Vol 39, Issue 9, p672
- ISSN
1600-0714
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0714.2010.00915.x