Clinical and epidemiological features of oral cancer in a medical school teaching hospital from 1994 to 2002: increasing incidence in women, predominance of advanced local disease, and low incidence of neck metastases Características clínicas e epidemiológicas do câncer da boca em hospital-escola de 1994 a 2002: aumento da incidência em mulheres, predomínio de doença local avançada e baixa incidência de metástases regionais

Clinical and epidemiological features of oral cancer in a medical school teaching hospital from 1994 to 2002: increasing incidence in women, predominance of advanced local disease, and low incidence of neck metastases Características clínicas e epidemiológicas do câncer da boca em hospital-escola de 1994 a 2002: aumento da incidência em mulheres, predomínio de doença local avançada e baixa incidência de metástases regionais

PURPOSE: Description of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients who underwent surgery for oral cancer in a Medical School Teaching Hospital, and determination of differences with respect to other institutions and/or periods of time. METHOD: The charts of patients undergoing surgery...

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Main Authors: Marcelo D. Durazzo, Carlos Eugenio Nabuco de Araujo, José de Souza Brandão Neto, André de Souza Potenza, Pedro Costa, Flávio Takeda, Cristina Bianchi, Marcos R. Tavares, Gilberto de Britto e Silva Filho, Alberto R. Ferraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2005-08-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Câncer da boca
Neoplasias de cabeça e pescoço
Metástase
Epidemiologia
Características da População
Head and neck neoplasms
Mouth neoplasms
Neoplasm metastasis
Population at risk
Epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322005000400006

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