Characterization of oral cancer. Study of 15 years

Abstract

Introduction: oral region is one of the ten more frequent localizations of the cancer in our country and in the world, so to study oral cancer in our context is very important to improve prevention and cure.
Objective: describing the distribution of the morbidity for year of the Oral cancer in Cárdenas and their rate for 100 000 inhabitants, as well as the demographic characteristics of the patients diagnosed with Oral cancer in the anatomical region and period studied and factors of risk in those patients.
Materials and methods: was carried out a descriptive and retrospective study of 15 year in patient with histopathologic diagnosis of Oral cancer assisted in the General Hospital ¨Julio M Aristegui Villamil¨ of Cárdenas, since January, 2000 to December, 2014.
Results: was verified an increase of patients affected by Oral cancer in the referred territory and was raising the rate of since 4,5 X 100 000 inhabitants in the 2000 to 15,4 in the 2013 and 12,5 in the 2014. There was bigger incidence in the group of 51-60 year-old age (24,6%), the masculine sex (78,5%), the white skin color (94,1%) and the inferior lip area (44,5%). The higher factors of risk were Tabaco addiction (94,6%) and alcoholism (64,8%).
Conclusions: it becomes necessary to carry out activities of promotion of health and prevention of Oral cancer because the growth of this illness in our context.