Hulke Praful Maroti, Baravakar Jalindhar Pandurang, Bagade Vinod Genu, Asati Alka Modi, Tripathi Sonali
Department of Public Health, Taluka Health Officer, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Dr Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation's Medical College and Hospital, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2024 Jul-Sep;28(3):422-427. doi: 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_62_24. Epub 2024 Oct 15.
In contemporary epidemic scenarios, oral cancer ranks the top 3 cancer types afflicting the Indian population. The primary risk factors include alcohol consumption, tobacco usage in various forms, such as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, betelnut chewing, and infection with the human papillomavirus. This article submitted in preprint in medRxiv on 20 February 2024.
This study, conducted at a tertiary healthcare center, adopted a hospital-based cross-sectional approach involving 233 oral cancer patients who sought medical care from January 1 to December 31, 2017.
The findings indicate that males above the age of 60 (40.11%) and females aged between 41 and 50 years (45.45%) were the most affected groups. A statistically significant association ( < 0.05) was found. The primary sites for oral cancer were the cheek (40.36%) and tongue (31.78%). Remarkably, the majority of male patients exhibited a combination of addictions, including tobacco chewing, smoking, and alcohol use, whereas most female patients were exclusively involved in tobacco chewing.
To curb the increasing prevalence of oral cancer in India, it is imperative to implement comprehensive public education initiatives and health promotion strategies aimed at reducing both smoking and alcohol consumption.
在当代流行病情势下，口腔癌位列困扰印度人群的三大癌症类型之首。主要风险因素包括饮酒、使用各种形式的烟草（如香烟和无烟烟草）、嚼槟榔以及感染人乳头瘤病毒。本文于2024年2月20日在medRxiv上以预印本形式提交。
本研究在一家三级医疗保健中心开展，采用基于医院的横断面研究方法，纳入了2017年1月1日至12月31日期间前来就医的233例口腔癌患者。
研究结果表明，60岁以上男性（40.11%）和41至50岁女性（45.45%）是受影响最严重的群体。发现存在统计学显著关联（<0.05）。口腔癌的主要发病部位是脸颊（40.36%）和舌头（31.78%）。值得注意的是，大多数男性患者有多种成瘾行为，包括嚼烟草、吸烟和饮酒，而大多数女性患者仅参与嚼烟草。
为遏制印度口腔癌患病率的上升，必须实施全面的公众教育举措和健康促进策略，以减少吸烟和饮酒。
