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Tobacco users: Look out for stiffness of the jaw, could be cancer

New Delhi:  Regular smokers and those wont to popping little packs of gutka into their mouths need to watch out for a warning signal - stiffening jaw muscles. Oral submucous fibrosis is the pre-cancerous stage

IANS Updated on: April 09, 2013 7:06 IST


The global burden of cancer includes 12.7 million newly diagnosed cases per year, of which more than half occur in less developed regions of the world. Cancers now account for more than 15 percent of the world's annual deaths (over 7.5 million per year), and that number is rising, especially in less affluent countries.

According to data, the annual incidence of cancer in India per 100,000 people has seen a rise over the years. From 68.6 per 100,000 in 1984, it rose to 78 in 2005 and is slated to soon reach 90 per 100,000 people.

Annual deaths due to cancer have seen a rise - from 266,600 in 1984 to 449,000 in 2005 and is slated to reach 600,000 in 2020.

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