European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Head and neck cancers are the sixth most common type of cancers and has a steady rise in
India, predominantly in males .The most common etiological factor contributing for the
cancer development is Tobacco consumption in various forms. This was a laboratory based
,retrospective study to assess the prevalence and association of HNSCC in a subset of
population of tobacco consumers A total of 50 positive cases of Head and neck squamous
cell carcinomas were collected at our hospital for a period of two years and history collected
in view of age , sex and tobacco consumption . In this study, 64% affected cases are males
and 48% of the cases had the history of tobacco consumption. Tobacco consumption prevails
as the sole risk factor for the development of Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas