Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Demographic and Clinico-pathological profile of Head and neck cancer; Hospital based study

Usha Singh, Rita Rani, Vinita Trevedi, Richa Chauhan

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Head and neck cancer is sixth most common cancer in world. In India head and neck cancer are one of the most common cancer. It accounts 20% of the cancer burden in India. The major risk factors are tobacco chewing, smoking, alcohol consumption. The aim of the study was to evaluate retrospectively demographics, histopathological and clinical profile of patients of head and neck cancer. Age wise distribution shows majority of the patients were reported in age group 51 to 60 years. Males were 432 (85.3%) and females were 74(14.6%) with male:female ratio 5.8:1.Majority of patients were hindu 86.1% followed by muslim 13.8%.Most of the patients were addicted to tobacco chewing alone 63%, with smoking in 10%.Smoking alone in 16.2% and not associated with any addiction in 24.7% patients. Both hypertension and Diabetes (2.3%)were the major co–morbidities associated with our patients. Most common site were oral cavity 312 (61.6%) followed by oropharynx 84(16.6%),larynx 62(12.2%), hypopharynx 24(4.7%) ,nasopharynx 11(2.2%),nasal cavity and maxilla 7(1.4%), Salivary gland 5(0.9%),metastatic cervical lymph node with unknown primary1(0.1%). Majorities of the patients were Stage1VA(54.7%),Stage 111(26.4%).Stage 11(14.2%),Stage1 (2.5%), Stage1VB (1.9%). Histopathology showed majorities of patients were of squamous cell carcinoma 494(97.6%). This study showed that head and neck carcinoma is wide spread in this region and majority was reported at advanced stage of the disease. Male and hindu population shows predominance of the disease. Almost 97% cases are squamous cell carcinoma. Tobacco chewing was reported in maximum cases. Early detection of disease can decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with head and neck cancer and improve treatment outcomes

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DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL BASED STUDY, Usha Singh, Rita Rani, Vinita Trevedi, Richa Chauhan INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020


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