Occurrence of oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma among patients in Basrah city

Abstract

Oral cancer consider as  the sixth common malignant disease (it^,s incidence about   third in developing countries and eighth in developed countries). Squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) account 95% of all oral malignant lesions A few studies  have been written in  Iraq regarding the incidence  of oral cancer.The aim of this study was to identify differences in oral   and oropharyngeal  squamous cell carcinoma  patients according to age groups ,gender, and location  of the tumorin  Basrah city.This study included 21 patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma were clinically diagnosed and then confirmed by histopathological  examination. Age, gender, as well as clinical signs and the site of lesions, were recorded.There were 21  new cases of oral   and oropharyngeal  squamous cell carcinoma in Basrah from  September 2015 to December  2016    , 13 in men and 8  in women. Cancer at all oral sites affected men more than women. The Tongue  is the most frequent site.