Patients referred by the Program for Detection of buccal cancer. Stomatology Faculty of La Habana, 1999-2006
Keywords:
Early detection, buccal cancer, premalignant lesions, leukoplakia, PDBC.Abstract
The aim of present paper was to characterize the patients referred by the Programfor Detection of Buccal Cancer (PDBC) to Clinic of Buccal Pathology of the
Stomatology Faculty from February, 1999 to July, 2006. An observational,
descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in patients inscribed in
Referred Registry by PDBC to Clinic of Pathology from the Stomatology Faculty of
La Habana. A total of 1 008 patients were studied, the more numerous presumptive
diagnosis and the definitive diagnosis of other lesion with 33.7 % followed by
leucopenia with 33.7 %, coincidence between the presumptive diagnosis and the
definitive one was of 69.0 %, the cheek was involved in the 25.9 %. Epidermoid
carcinoma accounted for the 85.0 % and the diagnosed malignant neoplasm. There
were not differences among sexes of referred patients and the more involved age
rank was that from 34 to 59 years. The half of referred patients had smoking being
higher in patients presenting with leukoplakia and malignant neoplasms. The
anatomical locations more involved by the lesions were cheeks, gingiva and palate.
The Grade I epidermoid carcinoma and the grade I clinical stage showed the higher
percentages. Are needed further studies allowing to emphasize the success of PDBC
and to correct the deficiencies preventing to fulfill appropriately the objectives.
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