Carcinoma of Mouth: Retrospective Analysis of 598 Brazilian Patients

Vagner R Santos, Caique R Pêgo, Sarah C de Sales and Daniel M Santos

Department of Clinical Pathology and Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

^*Correspondance to: Vagner Rodrigues Santos 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1914

Abstract

Introduction: Mouth cancer is a term that means cancers of the lip and oral cavity (oral mucosa, gingiva, hard palate, oral tongue and floor of the mouth). Oral cancer is more common in some developing countries because it is related to the population lifestyle, particularly with the risk factors contact due to cultural issues and the difficulty accessing treatment.Purpose: The aim of this study is to present occurrence demographic data of patients diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in UFMG’s Dentistry School.Patients and
Methods: It was analyzed 598 diagnosed clinical charts. Histopathological reports of all patients with diagnosed oral cancer from 1956 to 2010 were analyzed, following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Information about genre, age, skin color, disease time report and injury site was collected and statistical analysis was done in the software Microsoft Excel 2013.Results: The sample consisted of 24, 75% women and 74, 75% men. Regarding skin color, 41, 64% were leukoderms, 32, 94% were afro-caucasian and 17, 89% were melanoderms. The patients majority were in sixth (28, 93%) and seventh (20, 74%) decades of life. About the injury location, the main sites were the tongue (165), floor of mouth (123) and alveolar mucosa (117) cases. The injury time ranged from less than one month to 11 years. Reported time disease had up to 3 months. Oral cancer affected more Caucasians women who were in the 70th and more Caucasian men in 60th decade of life.Conclusion: Epidemiological studies were so much important to contribute to the database on the Minas Gerais State and Brazil cancer occurrence which may help prevention strategies.

Keywords

Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Epidemiology; Retrospective study

Cite the article

Santos VR, P�go CR, de Sales SC, Santos DM. Carcinoma of Mouth: Retrospective Analysis of 598 Brazilian Patients. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 1914.