Deepak Balasubramanian

Jan 15, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Manraj Singh |Krishnakumar Thankappan |Deepak Balasubramanian |Vijay Pillai

1 INTRODUCTION Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the head and neck region, accounting for 90% of all cancers.1 Chronic exposure to oral mucosal carcinogens such as alcohol, tobacco and betel nut have been classically described as causative factors.2 Despite being a disease affecting mostly males in the fifth to eighth decades of life, there has been a notable epidemiological shift towards early-onset cancer, particularly among non-smokers.3, 4 The etiology behind this...