Title

Oral cancer awareness and screening practices in urban versus rural Indian population: Web-based survey

Authors

Ipseeta Menon¹, Pratiksha Kumar^2,*, Pawan Rebello³, Kaveri Surya Khanna⁴, Robin Malik⁵ & Neha Agrawal⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Patia, India; ²Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government College of Dentistry, Indore, India; ³Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Sardar Patel Postgraduate Institute of Dental and Medical, Sciences, Lucknow, India; ⁴Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Yamuna Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gadholi, Yamunanagar, Haryana, India; ⁵Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Santosh Dental College, Santosh (Deemed to be) University, Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR, India; ⁶Department of Biochemistry, Index Medical College Hospital and Research center, Indore, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Ipseeta Menon - E-mail: ipseetam@gmail.com
Pratiksha Kumar - E-mail: dr.pratiksha.kumar@gmail.com
Pawan Rebello - E-mail: pawanrebello@gmail.com
Kaveri Surya Khanna - E-mail: kaverikhanna148@gmail.com
Robin Malik - E-mail: robin143in@gmail.com
Neha Agrawal - E-mail: neha.intel@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received May 31, 2025; Revised May 31, 2025; Accepted May 31, 2025, Published May 31, 2025

Abstract

Cancer screening and awareness remain a vital strategy in the fight against cancer, helping to reduce both the incidence and mortality rates through early detection and intervention. Early detection significantly improves treatment outcomes and survival rates. Therefore, it is of interest to compare oral cancer awareness and screening practices among urban and rural Indian population, highlighting disparities, barriers and the need for targeted interventions to improve early detection and reduce mortality. Hence, a web-based survey was used to evaluate oral cancer awareness and screening practices among urban and rural populations. The analysis identified a significant disparity in awareness levels between the two populations, with urban respondents consistently exhibiting higher levels of awareness across all measured domains.

Keywords

Oral cancer, screening, awareness, web-based survey

Citation

Menon et al. Bioinformation 21(5): 1253-1256 (2025)

Edited by

Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.