Risks of oral cancer high as most Pakistani youths failing to undergo timely screening’
Karachi
April 25, 2021
“A vast majority of youngsters in Pakistan are still failing to undergo comprehensive oral screenings, and this greatly increases the risk that early signs of oral cancer will go undiagnosed for too long due to its painless nature,” said Prof Jehan Alam, consultant oral & maxillofacial surgeon & head of the Department of Dentistry, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
He was addressing a webinar organised by the Neurospinal & Cancer Care Institute on the occasion of World Oral Cancer Awareness Month last week.
“A patient does not get a comprehensive oral health screening, which also examines the state of the internal soft tissue and mucosa, the thin layer of skin on the inside of the oral cavity, or on the tongue that pre-cancerous lesions first appear, mostly as white patches and ulcers, over time, and in the absence of the required treatment, the lesions can