UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life Bringing awareness to a neglected disease
UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life Bringing awareness to a neglected disease
UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life Bringing awareness to a neglected disease
4/20/2026
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month. Often diagnosed at advanced stages due to limited awareness and delayed detection, oral cancer is considered a largely neglected disease. It is associated with several well-established major risk factors, including alcohol consumption, tobacco (smoking and smokeless) use, betel nut chewing and human papillomavirus. The human papillomavirus, HPV16, has been strongly linked to oropharyngeal cancer, which affects the back of the throat and is increasingly found among young, healthy adults and nonsmokers. Among the risk factors, smokeless tobacco and betel nut chewing have been of research interest in the Pacific.
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