AbstractCancer is when cells in the body change and grow out of control. Your body is made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Normal cells grow when your body needs them, and die when your body does not need them any longer. Cancer is made up of abnormal cell that grow even though your body doesn’t need them. In most type of cancer, abnormal cell grow to form a lump or mass called a tumor. Oral cancer is cancer that starts in the mouth or throat. Oral cancer is fairly common and curable if found and treated at an early stage.1 The low income groups in India are affected most due to a wide exposure to risk factors such as tobacco chewing and insufficient exposure to newly diagnostic aids, resulting in a delay in reporting of oral cancer.2
Oral cancer is the most common cancer in Indian males. It accounts for 50% to 70% of total cancer mortality. The incidence is nearly 11% in male and 5% in female. It is more common in men (male to female ratio of 2:1). Mortality rate have been decreasing since the early 1980s. The survival rate for all stages of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx combine is 53%, and 10 year ratio.3 Tobacco consumer in India. A study showed that in India 34.6% (29,66,24,682) people consume tobacco out of which 5.7% (4,88,65,916) smoked cigarettes, 9.2% (7,88,71,303) were bidi smokers and 25.9% (22,20,39,863) used tobacco in other forms (smokeless) disease cause by tobacco include buccal mucosa at first position followed by tongue, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx and floor of mouth cancers.4 This study was based on quantitative evaluative research approach A probability simple random sampling. Quasi experimental one group pretest and post-test research design. In this study included 30 samples. Based on the objectives and the hypothesis the data were analyzed by using various statistical tests. Analysis of data showed that there is significant difference between the pre test and post test. The calculated‘t’test values are much higher than the tabulated values. Hence it is statistically interpreted that the self instructional module on prevention of oral cancer at selected college. In this study SIM on prevention of oral cancer was very effective.