The overall 5-year survival rate for patients with an early diagnosis of oral cavity and pharynx cancers is 84%. If the cancer has spread to nearby tissues, organs, or lymph nodes, the 5-year survival rate drops to 65%...
Oral cancer most often appears as a growth or sore in your mouth that doesn't go away. It's a kind of head and neck cancer. You may hear it called mouth cancer or oral cavity cancer. If it's in the back of your mouth or upper throat, that's oropharyngeal cancer. More than 50,...
Risk factor, Post-operative complication, Primary surgery, Oral cancerThe surgical treatment of oral cavity cancers can be influenced by post-operative complications. Identification of risk factors based on clinical characteristics may assist in therapeutic planning......
BMC Cancer (2015) 15:827 DOI 10.1186/s12885-015-1841-5 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Population attributable risks of oral cavity cancer to behavioral and medical risk factors in France: results of a large population-based case–control study, the ICARE study Loredana Radoï1,2*, Gwenn Men...
A case-control study involving 54 cases and 108 matched controls was conducted to find out the association of risk factors like smoking, chewing paan and tobacco and the occurrence of cancers of the oral cavity. More than 80% of the cases were over 40 years of age, with a male: female ...
HPV and other risk factors of oral cavity/oropharyngeal cancer in the Czech Republic. Oral Dis 2005; 11(3): 181-185.Tachezy R, Klozar J, Salakova M, et al. HPV and other risk factors of oral cavity/oropharyngeal cancer in the Czech republic. Oral Dis. 2005;11:181–5....
REVIEW Virulence 6:3, 244--248; April 2015; © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC HPV and cancer of the oral cavity Christian U Hu€bbers1 and Baki Akgu€l2,* 1Jean-Uhrmacher-Institute for Otorhinolaryngological Research; University of Cologne; Cologne, Germany; 2Institute of Virology; ...
Personal history of oral candidiasis was related to a significantly increased risk of oral cavity cancer (OR 5.0, 95% CI 2.1-12.1). History of head and neck cancers among the first-degree relatives was associated with an OR of 1.9 (95% CI 1.2-2.8). The risk increased with the number of...
The term oral cancer refers to all malignancies that arise in the oral cavity. Squamous cell carcinoma, however, is the most common, accounting for well over 90%. In this paper the term oral cancer is used to describe squamous cell carcinoma comprising ICD (9th revision) site groups 140, ...
The objective of the study was to provide an overview of the demographics of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx in Karachi South (1995-2001), and identify potential risk factors. Cases recorded for Karachi South, at Karachi Cancer Registry during 1(st) January 1995 to 31(st) December 20...