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Volume 4 Issue 5 (September - October, 2016)

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PROFILING OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS OF ORAL CANCER IN WEST INDIA- AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY
Nikan Makadia, Chitan Raval, Komal Vyas, Samra Nikhath Hussain, Anshul Shah

Aim: The core purpose of the study was to profile the demographic and pre-disposing factors linked with the occurrence of oral cancer in West India. Materials & Method: This was a retrospective work undertaken in the year 2015 on 368 cases of oral cancer which were diagnosed and confirmed with the help of golden standard biopsy followed by a thorough histopathological examination. The divisions were made based on criteria including age, sex, socio-economic status, habits, site and staging of the disease. Results: Out of the 368 cases of oral cancer, the youngest patient was 17 years old and the oldest being 69 years old. The male: female ratio was 4.04: 1. About 73.36% of the cancer cases were seen amongst the lower and lower-middle class group. Around 94.57% of the subjects consumed tobacco in one way or the other. About 45.10% of the lesions were seen in the lower alveolus which is the most common site of the lesion. The majority of the cases were classified in stage II and the least were observed in stage III. Conclusions: The core purpose of the study was to profile the demographic and pre-disposing factors linked with the occurrence of oral cancer in West India. The results showed that the pathology was common in the middle-aged people with a high dependence on tobacco. A collection of more data from different parts of the country is necessary to come to a more definite association of all the factors to oral cancer.
Key words: Oral Cancer; Epidemiology; Profiling; Demographic Factors

 
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