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Binu Jose Jacob
Publications - 6
Citations - 651
Binu Jose Jacob is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Oral submucous fibrosis & Leukoplakia. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 625 citations.
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Betel quid without tobacco as a risk factor for oral precancers
Binu Jose Jacob,Kurt Straif,Gigi Thomas,K. Ramadas,Babu Mathew,Zuo-Feng Zhang,Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan,Mia Hashibe +7 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that chewing betel quid without tobacco elevates the risks of various oral precancer cases is supported by a large case-control study in Kerala, India.
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Early findings from a community-based, cluster-randomized, controlled oral cancer screening trial in Kerala, India
Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan,Babu Mathew,Binu Jose Jacob,Gigi Thomas,Thara Somanathan,Paola Pisani,Manoj Pandey,Kunnambath Ramadas,K. Najeeb,Elizabeth K. Abraham +9 more
TL;DR: A cluster‐randomized, controlled oral cancer screening trial in southern India and its early results are described, which suggest that oral visual inspection is a suitable test for Oral cancer screening.
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Risk factors for multiple oral premalignant lesions.
Gigi Thomas,Mia Hashibe,Mia Hashibe,Binu Jose Jacob,K. Ramadas,Babu Mathew,Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan,Zuo-Feng Zhang +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that tobacco chewing was the most important risk factor for multiple oral premalignant lesions and may be a major source of field cancerization on the oral epithelium in the Indian population.
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Socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors and oral premalignant lesions
Mia Hashibe,Mia Hashibe,Binu Jose Jacob,Gigi Thomas,K. Ramadas,Beela Sarah Mathew,Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan,Zuo-Feng Zhang +7 more
TL;DR: Higher SES index, education and income were associated with decreased risk of oral premalignant lesions in the authors' study, and the mechanism for the association is not clear.
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Interim results from a cluster randomized controlled oral cancer screening trial in Kerala, India.
K. Ramadas,Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan,Binu Jose Jacob,Gigi Thomas,Thara Somanathan,Cédric Mahé,Manoj Pandey,Elizabeth K. Abraham,S. Najeeb,Babu Mathew,Donald Maxwell Parkin,M. Krishnan Nair +11 more
TL;DR: A cluster randomized controlled oral cancer screening trial is on-going in the Trivandrum district, India, to evaluate the efficacy of screening in reducing oral cancer mortality.