Counter Back Oral Cancer Oral cancer is the 11th most common cancer in the world while India alone accounts for one-fifth of all oral cancer cases and one-fourth of all oral cancer related deaths. Oral cancers include cancers of the lips, tongue, gums, floor of the mouth, cheeks & palate (roof of the mouth). Tobacco use, in any form, excessive alcohol consumption, dietary deficiencies are the major risk factors implicated in oral cancer while environmental influences & HPV virus also act as causative agents in few cancers. Preventing tobacco and alcohol use with lifestyle & dietary modifications can potentially prevent the vast majority of oral cancers. When primary prevention fails, visual screening of the oral cavity is accurate in detecting precancerous changes & developing cancer lesions. This leads to early diagnosis & initiation of prompt treatment thereby reducing to deaths related to oral cancer. Be MOUTH AWARE. A chronic ...