Knowledge and awareness of oral cancer among adults in North-Western Italy: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey in community pharmacies
Francesca Baratta, Federica Romano, Paola Brusa, Paolo Giacomo Arduino, Ronell Bologna-Molina, Ronell Bologna-Molina, Ronell Bologna-Molina, Ronell Bologna-Molina · 2026
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Francesca Baratta and colleagues surveyed adults in community pharmacies across north-western Italy about oral cancer, in a 2026 cross-sectional study. Interviewers administered a structured questionnaire to pharmacy customers between July 2023 and June 2024, collecting 914 completed responses from people averaging 54 years old.
Overall, about seven in ten respondents (70.4 percent) had heard of the disease, mostly through family and friends at 51.8 percent or through media at 43.2 percent, as the survey reports. Knowledge of causes was lopsided. While nearly all respondents, 97.9 percent, named smoking, only 63.9 percent named alcohol and just 18.6 percent named sunlight exposure, which matters for lip cancer. Nearly everyone surveyed, 92.2 percent, wanted more information, and two thirds picked the community pharmacy as their preferred source. The authors propose pharmacies, with their walk-in reach, as a practical channel for awareness campaigns.
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| CREATOR | Francesca Baratta, Federica Romano, Paola Brusa, Paolo Giacomo Arduino, Ronell Bologna-Molina, Ronell Bologna-Molina, Ronell Bologna-Molina, Ronell Bologna-Molina |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 99539 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |