Factors related to survival from oral cancer in an Andalusian population sample (Spain)
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
; 12(7): 518-523, nov. 2007. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Approximately 3% of malignant tumors originate in the oral cavity. The majority are squamous cell carcinomas, and a small percentage, malignant tumors of the salivary glands, lymphoreticular diseases, bone tumors, melanomas, sarcomas, malignant odontogenic tumors and metastases of tumors from other locations. The prognosis of these pathologies depends on the size, infiltration, and site of the lesion, the presence or absence of metastatic spread, and to a certain degree the differentiation of the tumor. The prognosis of an oral cancer remains generally negative, with 5-year survival figures below 50%, producing high rates of mortality and morbidity.Objectives:
To evaluate the influence of different variables on survival in an oral cancer population.Patients andmethods:
Two-hundred and sixteen patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma were studied over a period of five years, evaluating 42 variables grouped into five data sections personal, lesion, site, stage, and risk factors.Results andconclusions:
Average survival was 2088 days, with a standard deviation of 98 days. The factors most associated with mortality were location in the gingiva (p=0.0590), in the trigone (p=0.0104), size (T3-T4) (p=0.0004) and lymph node involvement (N2a-N2b) (p=0.0035). Tobacco and alcohol, nowadays considered to be highly significant in carcinogenesis, had no considerable influence on survival (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Mouth Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital UniversitarioVirgen de las Nieves de Granada/Spain