Gupta Neha, Gupta Ritu, Acharya Arun Kumar, Patthi Basavaraj, Goud Venkatesh, Reddy Somanath, Garg Anshul, Singla Ashish
Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh- 462037.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D.J. College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India - 201204.
Nepal J Epidemiol. 2016 Dec 31;6(4):613-619. doi: 10.3126/nje.v6i4.17255. eCollection 2016 Dec.
Oral cancer is one of the highly prevalent cancers worldwide and a leading cause of mortality in certain regions like South-Central Asia. It is a major public health problem. Late diagnosis, high mortality rates and morbidity are characteristics of the disease worldwide. For control of oral cancer an idea of the coverage of the same in the various regions is necessary. The estimated incidence, mortality and 5-year survival due to lip, oral cavity cancer in world is 3, 00, 373(2.1%), 1, 45, 328(1.8%) and 7, 02, 149(2.2%) respectively according to data of GLOBOCAN 2012. A changing trend in incidence and prevalence of oral cancer has been observed with more women and youngsters being affected by oral cancer.
口腔癌是全球高发的癌症之一，在南亚和中亚等某些地区是主要的死亡原因。它是一个重大的公共卫生问题。全球范围内，该病的特点是诊断延迟、死亡率和发病率高。为了控制口腔癌，有必要了解其在各个地区的覆盖情况。根据2012年全球癌症负担（GLOBOCAN）的数据，全球唇癌、口腔癌的估计发病率、死亡率和5年生存率分别为300373例（2.1%）、145328例（1.8%）和702149例（2.2%）。人们观察到口腔癌的发病率和患病率呈变化趋势，越来越多的女性和年轻人受到口腔癌的影响。
