Abstract
Epidemioclinical Aspects of the Oral Cavity Cancers in Ziguinchor, South of Senegal
Highlights
The oral cavity cancer or oral cancer (OC) is a malignant neoplasia that is part of the upper aero digestive tract’s cancers (UADT)’s cancers (Upper aero digestives tract)
Our target population consisted of patients of all ages whose records showed oral cavity cancer with histological confirmation
45% (n = 9) of patients were exposed to active smoking and 45% (n = 9) of them associated tobacco with alcohol
Summary
The oral cavity cancer or oral cancer (OC) is a malignant neoplasia that is part of the UADT’s cancers (Upper aero digestives tract). Oral cavity cancer or oral cancer (OC) is one of the ten most common cancers in the world with delayed diagnosis, poor prognosis, no specific biomarkers for the disease and expensive treatment modalities for patients [1] These cancers are generally part of upper aero digestive tract’s cancers (UADT) and represent on average 25 to 30% of UADT’s cancers [2,3]. The main risk factors are alcohol and tobacco consumption whose effects are synergistic, and so-called precancerous lesions [3,4] Other viral factors such as human papillomavirus (HPV), infection, nutritional factor, poor oral health and genetic disposition are mentioned [3,5,6].
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