Oral Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, 11th โ€“ 17th April 2021 | Patel Hospital Jalandhar

Dr. Ramandeep Kaur, MS ENT, Head & Neck Surgeon

On the occasion of ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ & ๐๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—, Patel Hospitalโ€™s Head and Neck Center of Excellence Department Jalandhar organized a focused campaign on 15th & 16th April 2021.

In this drive, we conducted a ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ on Head & Neck cancer awareness discussing oral and dental health, ๐‘น๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“, and a ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’. Dr. Shamit Chopra (HoD & Head & Neck Surgeon), Dr. Ramandeep Kaur (MS, ENT and head and neck surgeon ), Dr. Ajay Kumar( Head and Neck Oncosurgeon), Dr. Arpita Jangu (BDS, Dental & Maxillofacial Surgeon) Dr. Satyapal Choudhary (BDS, Dental & Maxillofacial Surgeon) had examined about 60 patients free of cost.

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ต๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ 30% ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’‚. Oral, head and neck cancers are categorized by where they originate: either in squamous cells that line the head and neck or in the salivary glands. These cancers are then again subcategorized by the physical anatomy of where cancer resides. People should be aware of the possible warning signs so that they can contact a doctor as soon as possible. Successful treatment depends on the initial Diagnosis.

๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’” include sores, swelling, lumps, or patches in the mouth or throat, change in voice, feeling of a lump. The majority of head and neck cancer cases are preventable with certain lifestyle modifications.

๐‘บ๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”, such as gender and age, are uncontrollable but work in conjunction with modifiable risk factors like smoking, tobacco consumption, or drinking alcohol.

The ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’” is highly complex and individualized. It might consist of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of one or more of these modalities.

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