Characterization of Patients with Oral Cancer and its Relationship with Invasion in Depth

• Main Authors: José Daniel Gil Milá (Author), Johannes René Maestre Cabello (Author), Karen Martínez Gómez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de las Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 2221-2434
• Keywords: cáncer oral; mortalidad; cavidad oral; sistema de salud; Internal medicine; RC31-1245; Special situations and conditions; RC952-1245
• Source: Revista Finlay, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 344-351 (2021)

<strong>Background:</strong> oral cancer is a challenge for any health system, integrating deep invasion as a factor, along with tumor size, allows effective staging and treatment. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize patients treated at the Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology who underwent oral cavity surgery and to corroborate the prognostic factor of the depth of invasion. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in a series of cases in the Head and Neck Service of the Oncology and Radiobiology Institute, from January 2018 to December 2019. The data were obtained in the medical records; the statistical package SPSS 15.0 was used. The variables used were: age, sex, location and size of the tumor, lymph node metastasis, lymph node levels, treatment, current status, degree of differentiation, extranodal extension. Descriptive statistics procedures were used; the results are presented in tables of frequency and relation of variables in numbers and percentages. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the most frequent age range was between 51-60 years old. The tongue was the most affected site, with a moderate degree of differentiation. There was a direct relationship between hidden lymph node metastasis and invasion in depth, demonstrating a direct proportionality between greater depth of invasion and the presence of lymph node metastases in the pathologist's evaluation. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the ages over 50 years old and the male sex were the most vulnerable to suffer from oral cancer, the tongue was the most affected anatomical site. There was a direct relationship between hidden lymph node metastasis and deep invasion.