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Background: Oral cancer is the second most prevalent cancers among males in Jaipur city. Assessment of risk factors profile of patients will help the policy makers in initiating new ways to curb the usage of tobacco among masses. The present study aims to find out the risk factors profile of oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients at two hospitals of Jaipur city.Methods: It was a prospective and observational study. The patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were recruited. Data on the demographic profile and clinical information were obtained from hospital and clinical records. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 14 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Chi-square test was performed to analyse the data.Results: Out of 400 oral cancer patients included in this study majority of the patients were in the age range of 40-60years and with a significant male preponderance in all the age groups (P <0.05). The most common habit among males and females was chewing. Buccal mucosa was the most commonly affected site followed by tongue. Both males and females were more likely to be diagnosed in stage 3 (p <0.05).Conclusions: There is a need to reduce the burden of this disease by educating the people about various risk factors which play role in oral cancer development.
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Introdução: O câncer é um sério problema de saúde pública e estima-se para o ano 2008 que o câncer bucal ocupará a sétima posição dentre os novos casos no Brasil. Objetivo: Descrever e analisar o quadro de morbidade por cânceres bucal e faríngeo na cidade de Recife PE, nos anos de 1995 a 2001. Metodologia: Tratou- se de um estudo longitudinal, onde casos novos de câncer registrados no Sistema de Registros de Câncer de Base Populacional SisBasePop foram os residentes em Recife com diagnóstico confirmado, incluindo-se tumores de localização primária maligno e in situ, codificados segundo a CIDO2. As taxas de incidência foram padronizadas por sexo e idade segundo a população mundial proposta por Segi (1960) e modificada por Doll et al. (1966). As análises foram realizadas no Programa Microsoft Office Excel 2003. Resultados: Os cânceres bucal e faríngeo registrados foram responsáveis por 3,8% (n=671) de todos os casos novos de cânceres (n=17.470), sendo a 4a localização anatômica mais comum nos homens (n=441) e a 11a nas mulheres (n=225); dos casos de cânceres bucal e faríngeo registrados 66,3% ocorreram em homens. Nas mulheres chama à atenção um percentual elevado em crianças e adolescentes (12%). Conclusões: As taxas de incidência dos cânceres bucal e faríngeo foram maiores no sexo masculino, aumentaram com a idade do paciente e a topografia mais acometida pela doença na cavidade bucal foi a língua (AU)
Introduction: Cancer is a serious public health problem, and it is estimated that oral cancer will be in the seventh position among new cases in Brazil for the year 2008. Objective: To describe and to analyze oral and oropharyngeal cancers morbidity in the city of Recife (PE) in the 1995-2001 period. Methodology: This is a longitudinal study, where new cases of cancer included in the System of Population-based Registers of Cancer (SisBasePop) were the city residents with a confirmed diagnosis, including malignant tumors in primary localization and in situ, coded according to CIDO2. The incidence rates were standardized by sex and age against worldwide population as proposed by Segi (1960) and modified by Doll et al. (1966). Data analysis was performed through Microsoft Office Excel 2003. Results: Oral and oropharyngeal cancers accounted for 3.8% (n=671) of all the new registered cases of cancer (n=17.470), being the 4th most common anatomical localization in males (n=441) and the 11th in females (n=225); 66.3% of these cases occurred in males. Among females, the high percentage of cases in children and adolescents is noteworthy (12%). Conclusions: In this series, the incidence rates of oral and pharyngeal cancers were higher for males and increased with patient age, and the site most often affected by the disease in the oral cavity was the tongue (AU)