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Oral Cancer
Early detection, prevention, and support for oral cancer
The Neelok Foundation
The Neelok Foundation is a student-led 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about oral, oropharyngeal, and head and neck cancers and the imperative importance of early detection through annual screenings to lower mortality rates. It is working to actively support and provide resources for those who have been diagnosed with oral cancer, and who are undergoing treatment or recovering from oral cancer treatments.
Siya Kalra
Founder & CEO
The Neelok Foundation
In memory of my grandmother who died of oral cancer and her medical practice
'The Neelok Medical Center'
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Oral cancer ranks among the top ten leading cancers in the world and the top three in Asian countries.
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In the United States, 53,000 new cases are diagnosed with oral, oropharyngeal, and head and neck cancer annually.
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The worldwide burden of oral cancers is an estimated 657,000 new cases and more than 330,000 deaths.
In USA, Oral cancers kill 1 person per hour per day.
Late stage detection has a very high mortality rate of about 43% at five years from diagnosis.
Oral cancers detected during early stages of development have a survival rate of 80 to 90 percent.
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