CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The objective of NOCAP is to facilitate cooperation among the various healthcare disciplines involved in oral cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and patient rehabilitation, in order to reduce the incidence, mortality, and morbidity, of oral cancer through education-based prevention and early detection programs.

Detailed explanation-2: -In India, epidemiologically, Kerala has the lowest incidence of oral cancer while West Bengal reports the highest. In the western regions of Maharashtra, the highest occurrence of oral malignancy is reported in the age group of ≥60 years, followed by between 40-59 years with a male-female ratio of 2:1 [5].

Detailed explanation-3: -With the emergence of cancer as a growing threat to public health, the Indian Government, through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, initiated the National Cancer Control Program (NCCP) in 1975.

Detailed explanation-4: -National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP): For data base of cancer cases, National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) was initiated in 1982 by ICMR, which gives a picture of the magnitude and patterns of cancer.