Oral Cancer Awareness Among Dental Patients in Omdurman, Sudan: a cross-sectional Study
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Oral Cancer Awareness Among Dental Patients in Omdurman, Sudan: a cross-sectional Study
BACKGROUND Oral cancer is a preventable disease. Its occurrence is mostly due to lifestyle. In Sudan, the use of smokeless tobacco (Toombak) has long been linked to oral cancer. Knowledge of the signs and symptoms of oral cancer may well aid in early diagnosis and treatment. This is bound to result in increasing survival rates, as well as reducing the oral cancer burden on the society. This stu...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Oral Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-017-0351-z