Recent advances in diagnostic modalities of oral cancer

Cancer is one of the leading cause of death worldwide. Oral cancer is highly prevalent in south Asian countries. Delay in diagnosis of the same eventually lead to delay and complexity in treatment plan with compromised results and reduction of survival rate of patients. Patient awareness stands as a huge factor in early and proper diagnosis of cancer. Sometimes even on timely reporting of a questionable lesion it may not get diagnosed exactly due to highly operator dependent reporting of the results. It is the need of time to get these lesions diagnosed not just at an early stage but also with higher rates of true positive results. Various recent advanced in the field of diagnosis of oral cancers appears to be promising but still are unpopular.