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Differences of oral cancer in men and women of West Bengal, India

INTRODUCTION: Oral cancer constitutes a major public health problem in South East Asia, as it causes profound social and economic consequences for people in this area. Nowadays, pattern of tobacco and alcohol use among females is changing and at the same time incidence of oral squamous cell carcinom...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharjee, Tathagata, Kerketa, Mrinmoy, Babu, N Aravindha
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34349440
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_476_20
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Kerketa, Mrinmoy
Babu, N Aravindha
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Babu, N Aravindha
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description INTRODUCTION: Oral cancer constitutes a major public health problem in South East Asia, as it causes profound social and economic consequences for people in this area. Nowadays, pattern of tobacco and alcohol use among females is changing and at the same time incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) among females is increasing. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate the possible differences between male and female patients suffering from oral SCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and sixteen patients with oral SCC, who were diagnosed between 2017 and 2018, were evaluated retrospectively. Special attention was paid to tobacco and alcohol use, as well as to patients without the risk factors. Data obtained were entered into a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet and then were analyzed by SPSS 24.0. RESULTS: The men: women ratio was 2.5:1. Mean age for diagnosis of oral cancer in men was 57.5 and mean age for diagnosis of oral cancer in women was 46.33. Majority of men oral cancer patients had smoking habits (61.45%) and majority of women oral cancer patients had chewing habits (66.67%). Tongue was the most common site for women oral cancer patients and palate, retromolar area and tonsillar area were the most common site for men oral cancer patients who never used any habit products. CONCLUSION: Compared to earlier studies women gets diagnosis of oral cancer earlier than men in our study. Gutkha use in men and Gudaku use in women were associated with oral cancer in early age. Further studies should be performed in women tongue cancer patients and men patients with cancer of maxillary area, retromolar and tonsillar area without risk factors to find etiology.
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spelling pubmed-82724982021-08-03 Differences of oral cancer in men and women of West Bengal, India Bhattacharjee, Tathagata Kerketa, Mrinmoy Babu, N Aravindha J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Original Article INTRODUCTION: Oral cancer constitutes a major public health problem in South East Asia, as it causes profound social and economic consequences for people in this area. Nowadays, pattern of tobacco and alcohol use among females is changing and at the same time incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) among females is increasing. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate the possible differences between male and female patients suffering from oral SCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and sixteen patients with oral SCC, who were diagnosed between 2017 and 2018, were evaluated retrospectively. Special attention was paid to tobacco and alcohol use, as well as to patients without the risk factors. Data obtained were entered into a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet and then were analyzed by SPSS 24.0. RESULTS: The men: women ratio was 2.5:1. Mean age for diagnosis of oral cancer in men was 57.5 and mean age for diagnosis of oral cancer in women was 46.33. Majority of men oral cancer patients had smoking habits (61.45%) and majority of women oral cancer patients had chewing habits (66.67%). Tongue was the most common site for women oral cancer patients and palate, retromolar area and tonsillar area were the most common site for men oral cancer patients who never used any habit products. CONCLUSION: Compared to earlier studies women gets diagnosis of oral cancer earlier than men in our study. Gutkha use in men and Gudaku use in women were associated with oral cancer in early age. Further studies should be performed in women tongue cancer patients and men patients with cancer of maxillary area, retromolar and tonsillar area without risk factors to find etiology. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8272498/ /pubmed/34349440 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_476_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full_unstemmed Differences of oral cancer in men and women of West Bengal, India
title_short Differences of oral cancer in men and women of West Bengal, India
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