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Editorial
. 2025 Oct;133(7):917-918.
doi: 10.1038/s41416-025-03186-z. Epub 2025 Sep 10.

A call for action: closing the gap on ethnic disparities in oral cavity cancer care

Nikila Patil  1   2   3   4 , Zainab Lal  5   6 , Thiagarajan Sridhar  1   2 , Manish Pareek  4   5   6   7   8 , Harriet S Walter  9   10   11   12
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Editorial

A call for action: closing the gap on ethnic disparities in oral cavity cancer care

Nikila Patil et al. Br J Cancer. 2025 Oct.

Abstract

The incidence of oral cavity cancers in the UK is rising. Asian/Asian British ethnic groups and socioeconomically deprived groups are at highest risk with some evidence of worse disease outcomes in South Asian individuals receiving radiotherapy. This variation in incidence and outcomes underscores the urgent need for action.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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