Title

A facility level cross-sectional survey to assess health system readiness for oral cancer care in Madhya Pradesh, India

Authors

Sana Anwar*^,1, Anindo Majumdar¹, Yogesh Damodar Sabde^2,3, Pankaj Goel⁴, Sanjeev Kumar¹ & Ujjawal Khurana⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Scientist F and Head, Environmental Health and Epidemiology, ICMR-- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (ICMR - NIERH), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Faculty of Medical Research, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sana Anwar - E-mail: drsanaop@gmail.com

Anindo Majumdar - E-mail: anindo.cfm@aiimsbhopal.edu.in
Sanjeev Kumar - E-mail: sanjeev.cfm@aiimsbhopal.edu.in
Pankaj Goel - E-mail: pankaj.dentalsurgery@aiimsbhopal.edu.in
Yogesh Damodar Sabde - E-mail: sabdeyogesh@gmail.com
Ujjawal Khurana - E-mail: ujjawal.patho@aiimsbhopal.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised November 15, 2025; Accepted November 15, 2025, Published November 15, 2025

Abstract

Oral cancer is included under national NCD programs in India due to its high burden, societal and economic impact. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the readiness of government healthcare facilities in two districts of Madhya to deliver good quality oral cancer care. Assessment of 58 facilities revealed that opportunistic screening and telemedicine was functional and availability of manpower and supportive drugs was good. Shortcomings in availability of diagnostics, cancer medicines, information, education and communication (IEC) activities, dentists, dieticians and counsellors were found. Further strengthening of oral cancer services under the NCD programs is essential for comprehensive oral cancer care.

Keywords

Health system, India, oral cancer

Citation

Anwar et al. Bioinformation 21(11): 4092-4101 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

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.