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Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of delayed diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in our setup; highlighting factors responsible for any delay and their possible relevance to demographic and diagnostic features. METHODS: This cross sectional study of six months duration was conducted in th...
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28032736 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5037 |
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author | Naseer, Rabia Naz, Iram Mahmood, Muhammad Khurram |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of delayed diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in our setup; highlighting factors responsible for any delay and their possible relevance to demographic and diagnostic features. METHODS: This cross sectional study of six months duration was conducted in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A total of 246 patients, both male and female, having a biopsy proven definitive diagnosis of OSCC were included using a consecutive sampling technique. Delay in diagnosis was assessed from the stated period of time from when the patient first noticed symptoms of disease until a definitive diagnosis was made. We concluded delayed diagnosis if this was more than 40 days. RESULTS: The ages of patients ranged from 27 to 60 years with a mean of 46.7 ± 10.2 years and a marked male predominance (3.7:1). Delayed diagnosis was observed in 91.5% of cases. However, statistically no significant differences were found with age, gender, marital, education status, household income and time of biopsy. CONCLUSION: Our primary finding of delayed diagnosis with no prior contact with any health care professional clearly reflects a need of taking urgent measures to avoid serious impacts on morbidity and mortality associated with OSCC. |
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spelling | pubmed-54547162017-08-28 Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan Naseer, Rabia Naz, Iram Mahmood, Muhammad Khurram Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Research Article OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of delayed diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in our setup; highlighting factors responsible for any delay and their possible relevance to demographic and diagnostic features. METHODS: This cross sectional study of six months duration was conducted in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A total of 246 patients, both male and female, having a biopsy proven definitive diagnosis of OSCC were included using a consecutive sampling technique. Delay in diagnosis was assessed from the stated period of time from when the patient first noticed symptoms of disease until a definitive diagnosis was made. We concluded delayed diagnosis if this was more than 40 days. RESULTS: The ages of patients ranged from 27 to 60 years with a mean of 46.7 ± 10.2 years and a marked male predominance (3.7:1). Delayed diagnosis was observed in 91.5% of cases. However, statistically no significant differences were found with age, gender, marital, education status, household income and time of biopsy. CONCLUSION: Our primary finding of delayed diagnosis with no prior contact with any health care professional clearly reflects a need of taking urgent measures to avoid serious impacts on morbidity and mortality associated with OSCC. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5454716/ /pubmed/28032736 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5037 Text en Copyright: © Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-SA/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License |
spellingShingle | Research Article Naseer, Rabia Naz, Iram Mahmood, Muhammad Khurram Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan |
title | Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan |
title_full | Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan |
title_fullStr | Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan |
title_full_unstemmed | Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan |
title_short | Frequency of Delayed Diagnosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pakistan |
title_sort | frequency of delayed diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in pakistan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28032736 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.5037 |
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