The Clinicopathological presentation of oral squamous cell carcinoma in Iraqi population
Background and Aim: Oral cancer is a major public health issue worldwide; it remains a highly lethal and disfiguring disease, it is primarily a disease of epithelial origin, it has various clinicopathological pictures. is to demonstrate various clinical and pathological presentations of oral squ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2022-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jcr/article/view/385 |
| Summary: | Background and Aim: Oral cancer is a major public health issue worldwide; it remains
a highly lethal and disfiguring disease, it is primarily a disease of epithelial origin, it has various
clinicopathological pictures. is to demonstrate various clinical and pathological presentations of
oral squamous cell carcinoma in Iraqi population.
Materials and Methods: A total of 80 cases of histologically diagnosed squamous cell
carcinoma collected from the main centers of Sulaymaniyah teaching hospital/Hiwa cancer center
Hospital/Sulaymaniyah/Iraq were analyzed according to age, sex, site, clinical, and pathological
presentation of oral squamous cell carcinoma at the time of presentation, and histological grading.
Results: Patients in their sixth decade of life were the most commonly affected with a male-tofemale
ratio of 1.4:1. The tongue was the most frequently affected site, followed by the floor of the
mouth. The most common clinical presentation is ulceration and swelling. More than 40% of the
cases were well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.
Conclusion: Oral cancer is increasingly seen as a major health problem, in line with the general
trend in the region, the need for inter-professional health care delivery approaches for reducing
oral cancer mortality and improving patients’ quality of life.
Keywords: Squamous cell carcinoma; Oral cancer; Clinical presentation; Histopathology; Tumor
grading.
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| ISSN: | 2345-5489 2345-6213 |