TY - JOUR AU - Aaniya Shrestha PY - 2021/08/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Understanding Oral Oncology and its Changes in Dynamics in Nepal JF - Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - EJMS VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Review Articles DO - UR - http://nepmed.nhrc.gov.np/index.php/EJMS/article/view/979 AB - With the increase in smoking habits, oral cancer is turning into a threatamong smokers. It is also due to a lack of awareness among people, oralcancer is increasing rapidly. The increased rate of illiterate people in Nepalhas been a reason for a change in dynamics. Due to a lack of awareness,people are diagnosed late with cancer which leads to an increasedmortality rate. So, awareness is a must for the reduction of oral cancer. Inmost cases, surgery is the best chance. Since people in Nepal are mostlyfrom middle-class families, it highly impacts their life. The article primarilyaddresses the incidence of oral cancer in Nepal. It also emphasizes therisk factors and causes of oral cancer along with its diagnosis and surgery. ER -