Oral cancer behavior in the Teaching General Hospital "Octavio de la Concepción de la Pedraja"
Journal Title: Revista Información Científica - Year 2018, Vol 97, Issue 2
Abstract
An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the clinical behavior of oral cavity cancer in the General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Octavio de la Concepción de la Pedraja "in the period from January to December of 2015. The universe consisted of 273 patients with a diagnosis of cancer, the sample consisted of 21 patients with a diagnosis of oral cancer, the variables age, sex, patient origin, anatomical location, lesion size and histological type. The disease predominated in patients from 46 to 60 years of age, of rural origin and their location prevailed in the lip. Epidermoid carcinoma was the most frequent histological variety.
Authors and Affiliations
Pedro Eladio Sánchez Rosell, Catherine Suárez Quintero, Yaimara Machado Mora, Patricia Hernández Legrá
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