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Database: OCG DB

Head and neck cancer is the sixth common malignancy and a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide and oral cavity is one of the most commonly affected sites. Worldwide over 350,000 to 400,000 new cases of cancer are reported each year. Cancers of Head and Neck comprises ~24.1 % of total cancers seen at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, of these ~13.5 % are from the Oral cavity. In the post genomic era, efforts to understand oral cancer are aimed at obtaining genomic and proteomic profiles which generate enormous data. Thus the challenge is to analyze the data effectively and utilize the information for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

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