Public Awareness of Head and Neck Cancers

Luryi, Alexander L.; Yarbrough, Wendell G.; Niccolai, Linda M.; Roser, Steven M.; Reed, Susan G.; Nathan, Cherie‐Ann O.; Moore, Michael G.; Day, Terry A.; Judson, Benjamin L.

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2014.867

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“…An increase in tongue cancer is also reported by other authors, as well as an increase in lower stage head and neck cancer in general . Women were more frequently diagnosed with stage I tumours, which may be related to the greater cancer awareness in women . Another contribution may have come from a greater awareness among general practitioners and dentists …”

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Trends in oral cavity cancer incidence, mortality, survival and treatment in the Netherlands

Dijk¹,

et al. 2016

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Information on epidemiology is essential to evaluate care for the growing group of oral cancer patients. We investigated trends in incidence, mortality and relative survival rates for oral cavity cancer (OCC) and its subsites in the Netherlands from 1991 to 2010, and relate these to changes in stage and treatment. Patient (age, sex), tumour (subsite, stage) and treatment characteristics of patients diagnosed with OCC (ICD-O-3: C02-C06) in 1991-2010 were extracted from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Incidence, mortality and 5-year relative survival rates over time are presented, as well as trends in type of treatment. The incidence of OCC increased with 11.2% (95%CI: 10.9%;11.6%) per year: more strongly in women, stage I and IV disease, and in cancers of the tongue and gum. The mortality rate slightly rose (10.8%, 95%CI: 10.3%;11.3% per year), but differed by subsite. The 5-year relative survival improved from 57% in 1991-1995 to 62% in 2006-2010. The 5-year relative survival was better for women compared with men (64% and 55%, respectively), decreased with increasing stage, was the best for tongue cancer (63%) and the worst for cancer of the gum (56%) and floor of mouth cancer (55%). The relative excess risk of dying was higher for non-surgery-based treatments. Surgery was the main treatment option and the proportion of "surgery only" rose in stage I and III disease. The incidence and, to a lesser extent, mortality of OCC are increasing and therefore, even with slightly improving survival rates, OCC is an increasingly important health problem.The incidence of oral cavity cancer (OCC) is increasing and has replaced laryngeal cancer as the most frequently occurring cancer in the head and neck area in the Netherlands.

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Trends in oral cavity cancer incidence, mortality, survival and treatment in the Netherlands

Dijk¹,

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“…Lifestyle behavior risk factors associated with oral cancer and other determinants of the disease, are interrelated with public knowledge of this disease [10]. Age, gender, tobacco use (smoked and smokeless), alcohol, infection (HPV, candida), lower socio-economic status, unhealthy diet with low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity are among the known risk factors for oral cancer [11, 12].…”

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Oral Cancer Awareness Among Dental Patients in Omdurman, Sudan: a cross-sectional Study

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BackgroundOral cancer is a preventable disease. Its occurrence is mostly due to lifestyle. In Sudan, the use of smokeless tobacco (Toombak) has long been linked to oral cancer. Knowledge of the signs and symptoms of oral cancer may well aid in early diagnosis and treatment. This is bound to result in increasing survival rates, as well as reducing the oral cancer burden on the society. This study aimed to assess oral cancer awareness regarding knowledge of signs, symptoms, risk factors and sources of the information. Furthermore, it attempts to evaluate attitudes towards oral cancer screening and any previous experience of screening, amongst dental patients attending University of Science and Technology (UST) Dental Teaching Hospital. Omdurman, Sudan.MethodsA hospital based cross-sectional study, interviewer-administered questionnaire was conducted amongst 500 adult patients attending the UST Dental Hospital during 2015.ResultsA total of 57.7% (286) of the individuals demonstrated good knowledge of signs and symptoms, whereas 49% (139) expressed good knowledge of risk factors of oral cancer. For the majority of the individuals 66.1% (290), the most common source of information about oral cancer was from the media, while 33.9% individuals (149), obtained knowledge from direct contact of health workers. The overwhelming majority, 93.2% (466) never screened for oral cancer despite their positive attitude towards it 66.4% (332). Knowledge of risk factors associated significantly with those reported positive attitude towards oral cancer screening and those reported direct contact with health workers as a source of information, (p ≤ 0.001). Moreover, females and those living in urban districts scores higher than their counterpart in knowledge of risk factor of oral cancer. In addition, those employed 58.6% (280) and 62.8% (164) with correct believes about oral cancer showed significant association with positive knowledge of signs and symptoms (p ≤ 0.05).ConclusionsAwareness levels, knowledge of risk factors and identifying early signs and symptoms of oral cancer necessitate the need for more structured preventive programs using media. Dentists and health workers should do more because they have a pivotal role in early diagnosis by performing oral cancer screening, raising levels of knowledge and in rectifying misconceptions about oral cancer. This would entail a reduction in high rates of morbidity and mortality associated with oral cancer.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12903-017-0351-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…The questionnaire also asked in detail about how the participant found out about the event to delineate which promotional method they had encountered. A number of questions from the questionnaire were from previously published instruments …”

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Recruitment of underserved, high‐risk participants to a head and neck cancer screening program

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Public Awareness of Head and Neck Cancers

Cited by 78 publications

References 41 publications

Trends in oral cavity cancer incidence, mortality, survival and treatment in the Netherlands

Trends in oral cavity cancer incidence, mortality, survival and treatment in the Netherlands

Oral Cancer Awareness Among Dental Patients in Omdurman, Sudan: a cross-sectional Study

Recruitment of underserved, high‐risk participants to a head and neck cancer screening program

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