Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated at a Referral Hospital, Salvador, Brazil
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
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17(1): e3734, 13/01/2017. tab
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in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-914447
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To describe the epidemiological profile of patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer treated at a referral hospital in Salvador, Brazil. Material andMethods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out at Aristides Maltez Hospital (HAM), analyzing the medical records of patients treated between 2008 and 2015. Of the 722 medical records analyzed, 154 were included, considering the following variables gender, age, occupation and educational level; type of lesion of the mouth/oropharynx cancer, its location and stage. The data were presented using descriptive statistics.Results:
There was a greater occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma (88.3%), with a higher prevalence for males (72.73) and age between 60-69 years (42%), with a predominance of farmers (38.31%). As for the educational level, 59% had only completed elementary school. The most common location for cancer was the tongue, 25.15% of the cases, and the professional responsible for the diagnosis was predominantly a doctor (94%). Prevalence of T3 and T4 size tumors (53.25%).Conclusion:
Patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer are mostly male, older than 60 years, with low educational level, and working as farmers. The most common location was the tongue, and T3 and T4 tumors were predominant.
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Main subject:
Health Profile
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Brazil
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Mouth Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Bahia/BR
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