Epidemiologia do câncer bucal: um problema mundial de saúde pública / Epidemiological features of oral cancer: a world public health matter
RFO UPF
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15(1): 87-93, jan.-abr. 2010. graf
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-874061
ABSTRACT
The objective of this present paper is to the impact of oral cancer over the international public health status and to search for its predictor factors heading for early intervention attempting to reduce its incidence and mortality rates. This critical review takes into account several publications related to oral cancer epidemiology searching for international data. Annually, over 300.000 new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed all over the world where the majority is in the advanced stages lll or lV. Such data make the oral cancer an important public health matter which is responsible for 3% to 10% of cancer mortality worldwide. Ethnology, socioeconomic factors, lifestyle like dietary and bad habits, leukoplakia are considered, by several authors, as important predictor factors for the oral cancer incidence. It is possible to conclude that the incidence and mortality rates of oral cancer can be reduced by means of health promotion policies its early detection and the development of healthy lifestyle
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Boca
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Salud Pública
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
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Estudio de tamizaje
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
RFO UPF
Asunto de la revista:
Odontología
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Methodist University of São Paulo/BR
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UNICAMP/BR
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