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Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated at a Referral Hospital, Salvador, Brazil
Silva, Cátia Maria Guanaes; Martins, Gabriela Botelho; Araújo, Roberto Paulo Correia.
  • Silva, Cátia Maria Guanaes; s.af
  • Martins, Gabriela Botelho; Federal University of Bahia. Salvador. BR
  • Araújo, Roberto Paulo Correia; Federal University of Bahia. Salvador. BR
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr ; 17(1): e3734, 13/01/2017. tab
Artículo en Inglés | 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 and

Methods:

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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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Perfil de Salud / Brasil / Neoplasias de la Boca / Carcinoma de Células Escamosas / Neoplasias Orofaríngeas Tipo de estudio: Estudio diagnóstico / Estudio observacional / Estudio de prevalencia / Factores de riesgo Límite: Anciano / Humanos / Masculino País/Región como asunto: America del Sur / Brasil Idioma: Inglés Revista: Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr Asunto de la revista: Odontología Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Brasil Institución/País de afiliación: Federal University of Bahia/BR

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Perfil de Salud / Brasil / Neoplasias de la Boca / Carcinoma de Células Escamosas / Neoplasias Orofaríngeas Tipo de estudio: Estudio diagnóstico / Estudio observacional / Estudio de prevalencia / Factores de riesgo Límite: Anciano / Humanos / Masculino País/Región como asunto: America del Sur / Brasil Idioma: Inglés Revista: Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr Asunto de la revista: Odontología Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Brasil Institución/País de afiliación: Federal University of Bahia/BR