China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2014, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3): 261-265.

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Descriptive analysis of oral squamous cell cancer incidence in south and east China

FU Jin-ye1, GAO Jing2, ZHENG Jia-wei1, LUO Jian-feng3, ZHANG Zhi-yuan1, XIANG Yong-bing2   

  1. 1.Department of Oromaxillofacial Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology. Shanghai 200011; 2.Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute. Shanghai 200032; 3.Department of Statistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University. Shanghai 200032, China
  • Received:2013-08-13 Online:2014-05-10 Published:2014-07-15

Abstract: PURPOSE: To elaborate the recent characteristics of oral squamous cell cancer incidence in south and east China. METHODS: Seven hundred ninety-one cases were included in this descriptive analysis. Grouped t test and Chi-square test were used to compare the differences between groups by using SPSS19.0 software package. Literature review was used to analyze the changing trend by time and region of the disease. RESULTS: The man to female ratio was 1.94:1. The average age was 56.9 years for man and 57.5 for woman. The top three subsites for male were tongue (49.8%), floor of mouth (15.1%) and gingiva (14.6%). The top three subsites for female were tongue (60.2%), cheek (21.9%) and gingiva (13.4%). CONCLUSIONS: Compared to the data of last century, the peak age of OSCC in south and east China was 10 years later than before. Male to female ratio had significant difference by region while little change for the era. Oral tongue was the most common subsite, followed by floor of mouth for men and cheek for women. Incidence of gingival cancer was decreased.

Key words: Oral cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma, Descriptive analysis, Chinese population

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