title: Oral cancer: a retrospective study of 100 Danish cases.
abstract: One hundred Danes with oral cancer who were collected consecutively from 1986 to 1991 were evaluated retrospectively. The study included subjective and objective observations in 56% men and in 44% women. M:F ratio was 1.2:1. Fifty percent of the patients were non-smokers. Nine percent were women who did not drink alcohol. Ten percent of the patients were between 40 and 49 years of age, 20% between 50 and 59 years, 35% were between 60 and 69 years and 20% between 70 and 79 years of age. This may reflect a tradition of early drinking and smoking. Doctor's delay was the cause of delayed referral in 14% of the cases while 72% of the patients were the cause themselves for the delayed referral.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Pinholt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rindum
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pindborg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004919:Erythroplasia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors