Molla Motiur R, Iqbal Mausumi, Islam Md Nazrul, Chaurasia Akhilanand
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Anwer Khan Modern Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Oral Medicine and Radiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Natl J Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Jan-Apr;16(1):140-144. doi: 10.4103/njms.njms_197_23. Epub 2025 Apr 28.
Oral cancer is the third most common cancer and a major health issue in Bangladesh. This study aimed to see the prevalence rate, age, site of involvement, gender and its relation with habits, histopathological grading, staging of diseases, and lymph node status.
Biopsy-proven oral cancer patients registered in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery unit of Anwer Khan Modern Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, affiliated with the University of Dhaka under the Faculty of Medicine. Patients included in this study were all surgically treated during 2017 to 2021. A total of 103 patients were included for this retrospective analysis.
The median age was 60.5 years (range: 31-90 years) with a mean [± standard deviation (SD)] of (58.88 ± 11.35) years [95% confidence interval (CI): 61.10-56.67], where 55.3% were male and 44.7% were female; the maximum involved site was lower gingiva-buccal sulcus extending to retro molar trigone, 34%. The maximum number of patients were betel quid chewer (betel leaf, areca nut mixed, chewing tobacco with slaked lime), that is, 61.2%.
Most of the patients presented with stage IV disease (56.3%). This study aimed to see prevalence of oral cancer patients in a tertiary hospital.
口腔癌是孟加拉国第三大常见癌症,也是一个重大的健康问题。本研究旨在了解其患病率、年龄、受累部位、性别及其与习惯、组织病理学分级、疾病分期和淋巴结状态的关系。
活检确诊的口腔癌患者在达卡安瓦尔·汗现代医学院和医院口腔颌面外科登记,该医院隶属于达卡大学医学院。本研究纳入的患者均在2017年至2021年期间接受了手术治疗。共有103例患者纳入本次回顾性分析。
中位年龄为60.5岁(范围:31 - 90岁),平均[±标准差(SD)]为(58.88 ± 11.35)岁[95%置信区间(CI):61.10 - 56.67],其中男性占55.3%,女性占44.7%;受累最多的部位是下牙龈 - 颊沟延伸至磨牙后三角区,占34%。患者中嚼槟榔(槟榔叶、槟榔果混合,嚼烟草加熟石灰)的人数最多,占61.2%。
大多数患者为IV期疾病(56.3%)。本研究旨在了解一家三级医院口腔癌患者的患病率。