Associate director, Hemato-Oncology, Jaya Prabha Medanta, Dr Amit Kumar, said nearly 30 to 50per cent of patients come in stages 2 and 3, and around 40per cent in stage 4. He said fear of a cancer diagnosis is one of the reasons people delay their screening and tests. “Even if people have an ulcer in the mouth, they do not go for a biopsy.
