Cancerous and pre-cancerous buccal lesions. Associated risk factors. Policlínico Bernardo Posse Years 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: cancer is one the major health problems in humanity, not only in the field of public health, but also in science in general.It affects a significant group of persons in the world. Objetive: to describe the behavior of the cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions in the buccal cavity and risk factors associated with patients assisted   in     Bernardo Posse Clinic, located in San Miguel del Padrón municipality, Havana, 2017. Method: an analytic and retrospective   study about risk factors associated with cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions in the buccal cavity in patients aged 15 and over,   between January and November, 2017.  There is a universe of 631 patients. Some variable were analyzed in the study. Results:  the male sex predominated prove a predominance of sex masculine with a 52, 9 %.  The 35 and 59 age group was the most affected, with a 53,2%. The   age group older than 60 was the most affected with pre-cancerous lesions in the buccal cavity, with a 1, 42 %. From the patients examined throughout the research, the 53, 2% consumed alcohol in a regular way. Conclusions: in the study predominated the persons of male sex and the older than 35 years. The pre-cancerous lesions were more frequent in the age group older than 60 years .If was proved the relation between the risk factors    and the cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions.