Perfil epidemiológico del paciente con carcinoma escamocelular bucal. Hospital SOLCA período 2011-2016.

Abstract

Introduction: Oral cancer is a representative risk worldwide due to its high morbidity and mortality and the biggest problem faced by patients with this pathology is late diagnosis although new treatments have helped to reduce this tendency, detection in early stages it’s still the most effective treatment to reduce mortality. Objective: Define the epidemiological profile of the patient with oral squamous cell carcinoma treated in SOLCA hospital period 2011-2016. Materials y Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out that evaluated 93 patients diagnosed and treated for oral squamous cell carcinoma at SOLCA hospital. The data was obtained by reviewing the medical records included during the period 2011-2016. Results: We found 93 patients with oral CEC, presented smoking (61.53%), alcohol (23.07%), poorly adapted dental prosthesis (15.38%), HPV (0%) and stage 3 was the most frequent (33.33%).Conclusions: The diagnosis of this pathology is being carried out in late stages, possibly due to deficiency in the recognition of clinical signs.