[Early cancer detection in the oro-pharyngo-laryngeal area: analysis of a regional screening project (author's transl)].
During a six months lasting screening project 6866 persons were examined free of cost. Inspection of the mouth, endoscopy of the naso-hypopharynx and larynx with the Wolf-endoscope after v. Stuckrad, and palpation of the neck were included. Every sixth person required further diagnosis or treatment. Precanceroses were found in almost 3%, and up to now malignomas were found in 0.3% of the screened persons. Among these 14 cases of cancer were 9 carcinomas of the larynx. This comparatively high percentage of precanceroses and cancer favors the endoscopic screening of patients with organ-related symptoms and of high risk groups.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D007971:Leukoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors
Krebsfrüherkennung im Mund-, Rachen- und Kehlkopf-bereich--Analyse eines regionalen Vorsorgemodells