Comparative Study of Serum Lipid Profile Parameters for Oral Cancer and Non Oral Cancer Patients

NTRODUCTION The origin of the word cancer is credited to the Greek Physician Hippocrates (460-370 B.C. (Before Christ). Hippocrates used the terms carcinomas and carcinoma to delineate non-ulcer forming and ulcerforming tumors. But, the Roman Physician Celsus (28-50 B.C.) translated the Greek term into cancer, the Latin word for crab. Oral Cancer (OC) is one of the foremost form of cancers, which is spread all around the world. It has ranked of 6 th overall 1-5 . Despite intensive efforts put up throughout the world, cancer still remains an enigma. As far as context to the Indian scenario, OC is also being identified as one of the most common malignancies in India, accounting for 30-40% of all types of cancers. 6 The high incidence of OC and oral precancerous lesions in India has been linked with the traditional habit of betel quid chewing incorporating tobacco 7-9 . Men are affected by two to three times more as compared to women 4 .Fundamentally, the newly proliferating tumor cells would need many basic components I Original Article