Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip &Cheek in Four Medical Centers in Baghdad. (Retrospective&prospective Study).

Salah Hameed, Ahmed

	Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip &Cheek in Four Medical Centers in Baghdad. (Retrospective&prospective Study).
Journal of University of Babylon
Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 51-64
Author
Ahmed Salah Hameed
Abstract
This study is comprised of retrospective and prospective groups. Both groups were treated in four medical centers in Baghdad. The retrospective group was chosen to present the data about the distribution of the lip&cheek carcinoma in those four medical centers in Baghdad during the period from October 1991 to the end of October 2000. The cases of lip&cheek mucosa carcinoma were analyzed according to the age, gender, site, occupation, clinical stage, clinical presentation, histopathology and socioeconomic status. The mean age of lip carcinoma patients was 61.5 year and male to female ratio was 2.3:1. The average duration of the lesion was 18.8 months .seventy- six cases were treated by surgical excision, 22 cases by radiotherapy and 39 cases by a combination of both. Regarding the cheek mucosa carcinoma the mean age was 61.5 year. Male to female ratio was 1.16:1 and the average duration of cheek mucosa carcinoma before treatment was 17.5 months. Twenty three cases were treated by surgical excision, 16 cases by radiotherapy and 15 cases by a combination of both. The prospective group of lip &cheek mucosa carcinoma was studied in the same four medical centers in Baghdad .the total number of lip carcinoma was 23 cases and 13 cases of cheek mucosa carcinoma .this group is seen during the period from October 2000 to the end October 2001.

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