Tobacco chewers with high risk genes get oral cancer a decade earlier: Tata hospital study

The genetic study is by Centre for Cancer Epidemiology at the Tata Memorial Centre

Mumbai: A major genetic study by the Centre for Cancer Epidemiology at the Tata Memorial Centre, has found that some tobacco chewers in India are born with genes that make them develop oral cancer 10 to 19 years earlier than others who chew similar amounts of tobacco.

A major genetic study by the Centre for Cancer Epidemiology at the Tata Memorial Centre, has found that some tobacco chewers in India are born with genes that make them develop oral cancer 10 to 19 years earlier than others who chew similar amounts of tobacco. (stock.adobe.com)

The research, published on Saturday in Lancet Discovery Science journal eBioMedicine, is India’s largest study of buccal mucosa cancer, which affects the inner cheek. Researchers at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and