Clinical profile of the patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma: a tertiary institutional study

Abstract

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Oral cancer consists of a group of neoplasms affecting any region of the oral cavity. This term is commonly used interchangeably with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), representing the most frequent of all oral neoplasms. Factors affecting the development of the oral squamous cell carcinoma are tobacco use, alcohol consumption, low socio-economic status, poor hygiene, poor diet, viral infection like HPV, ill-fitting dentures, jagged teeth.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> An institution based retrospective observational study was conducted in the department of ENT, GMC Jammu, including the records of the patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma admitted from June 2016 to July 2019. 80 patients of oral carcinoma were included in the study.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Male to female ratio was 5.1:1. Mean age of presentation was 49.2±4.1 with most of the cases presenting in the 6<sup>th</sup> decade. 27 (33.75%) patients had history of chewing tobacco alone, 17 (21%) had smoking with chewing tobacco and 10 (12.5 %) smoking with alcohol. 52% patients presented with growth of tongue (52%) followed by buccal mucosa (17.5%) and other sites. Histopathological grading of OSCC showed predominance of well differentiated cancer in 44 cases (55%).</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Cases of OSCC are increasing day by day in young generation due to increasing exposure to the risk habits which are easily accessible to them.</p>

Clinical Profile and Management of Oral Cancer Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh

“…(5) In our study period from January 2017 to December 2020, we observed female predominance which is similar to studies conducted in India and Turkey (8) (12,13). Buccal mucosa (44%) was the most common site followed by lower gingivo-buccal sulcus (21%) in this study which is similar to a study conducted by Rahman et al, and also some Indian and Sri-Lankan Studies (6,1,10,14) This is due to the fact that most of the patients keep tobacco in the form of quid in the buccal sulcus. It is also a true fact for Bangladesh that tobacco and its related products are available at an affordable cost making it a habit for many rural people.…”

“…Malhotra et al, showed that mandibular alveolus was the most frequent site followed by Buccal mucosa (15). Andisheh-Tadbir et al, and most of the western literature stated that tongue was the most common site followed by buccal mucosa (1) (10).…”