Psychosocial effects of oral cancer have been studied with less devotion to patient related problems like thanatophobia or fear of death in such individuals. Thanatophobia is measured using Death attitude profile (revised) along with four other dimensions of death. Fear of death that develops after definitive diagnosis of oral cancer has psychological impact and may affect patient compliance to...

INTRODUCTION Recent trends in incidence rates for tobacco-related cancers may vary geographically because of variation in socioeconomic status and in history of comprehensive state tobacco control programs (starting with California in 1989). Recent trends in risk factors are likely to affect cancer incidence rates at the youngest ages METHODS Trends in age-adjusted incidence rates for cancers...

OBJECTIVE To review the effects of tobacco use on oral health, with particular emphasis on the effects of periodontal diseases, dental implant failures, and risk of development of oral cancers and precancers. DATA SOURCES Medline literature search (1977-2002). STUDY SELECTION Key words for the literature search were 'tobacco smoking', 'periodontal disease', 'dental implant', and 'oral cance...

Introduction Oral cancer causes considerable morbidity and is associated with a 5-year survival rate of less than 50%. It is a major problem in populations in which alcohol and tobacco use are prevalent such as in lower socioeconomic communities. Oral cancer, like cancers in many other sites, is often preceded by the development of premalignant lesions of the oral mucosa, also termed intraepith...

Introduction Oral cancer causes considerable morbidity and is associated with a 5-year survival rate of less than 50%. It is a major problem in populations in which alcohol and tobacco use are prevalent such as in lower socioeconomic communities. Oral cancer, like cancers in many other sites, is often preceded by the development of premalignant lesions of the oral mucosa, also termed intraepith...

Oral cancers are easily accessible compared to many other cancers. Nevertheless, oral cancer is often diagnosed late, resulting in a poor prognosis. Most oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that predominantly develop from cell hyperplasias and dysplasias. DNA damage is induced in these tissues directly or indirectly in response to oncogene-induced deregulation of cellular proliferation. C...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The types of cancers that most frequently metastasize to the mouth and jaws reflect, for the most part, the relative incidence of cancers in a given population at a given time. We report a retrospective, but relatively contemporary study of 38 cases of metastatic oral tumours in a Canadian population to compare the Canadian experience with that of nearby and distant cou...

background: previous studies indicate a high incidence of digestive cancers along southern parts of caspian sea including ma­zandaran province. the present study was conducted to further investigate time to occurrence, age distribution and pos­sible risks associated with the incidence time of digestive cancers in the above regions. methods: for this purpose the data of digestive cancer incidenc...