Oral cancer in the UAE: a multicenter, retrospective study

Libyan journal of medicine

Raeefa Anis¹ 

关键词: UAE;    oral cancer;    biopsy;    prevalence;    early detection;    neck dissection;   

DOI  :  10.3402/ljm.v8i0.21782

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Co-Action Publishing

【 摘 要 】

AimTo determine the prevalence of various malignant oral lesions in the UAE and correlate cases of squamous cell carcinomas with age, gender, site, grade, clinical presentations at the time of diagnosis, and the prevalence of neck metastasis.Materials and methodsA multicenter, retrospective study was conducted at four major hospitals in the UAE. The study was based on histopathology reports of biopsies of oral tissues.ResultsOf the 992 oral biopsy reports retrieved, 147 cases of malignant tumors were found which accounted for 14.9% of the total biopsies. Fifteen different types of malignant lesions were diagnosed, of which oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) was the most prevalent and made up 11.4% of the overall oral biopsies retrieved. The commonest presentation of cancer was ulceration (31.17%), followed by lumps and white lesions. The most common site where the lesions were diagnosed was the tongue (51.9%), followed by the cheeks and lips. OSCC accounted for 77% of all malignancies reported. Neck diss...

【 授权许可】

CC BY