Epidemiologic study of oral cancers in Khouzestan province in a 10-year period, 1992-2002

Authors

  • AA Aliari
  • N Emad Mostovfi
  • R Yaghoobi
  • SM Latifi
Abstract:

Background: The incidence of oral cancers is different worldwide. Objective: To evaluate the rate of oral cancers in Khouzestan Province. Patients and Methods: The data were collected from the pathologic reports of pathology laboratories all around the province, during the time period of 1992-2002. Results: Among the total received specimens, 305 cases of oral cancers were detected. One hundred ninety-three cases (63.2%) were male and 112 cases (36.8%) were female. Male to female ratio was 1.7 and mean age was 55.04±16.60 years. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common malignancy (75% of total), and then standed the nasopharyngeal carcinoma (10.8%) and lymphoma (7.5%). The most common sites were lower lip (29.2%), tongue (19%) and nasopharynx (15.7%). Conclusion: Regardless of some minor differences, most of our findings were similar to other previous studies.

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volume 8  issue 1

pages  24- 31

publication date 2004-10-01

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