title: [Incidence of oral cancer profile at a general hospital in Säo Paulo].
abstract: Cancer of the oral cavity are 4% of all cancers, being in 8th place in males and 11th in females. The world incidence in male sex is 7.9:100,000 and 2.2:100,000 in females. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent, corresponding to 90-95% of the cases and tongue, lips and floor of the mouth are the most common sites. Fifty-four patients were surgically treated for cancer of the oral cavity in a General Hospital in São Paulo, during last ten years. It occurs more in males (81.5%), the age ranges of 35-97, with mean age of 58.1 years. Smoking was associated in 88.9%, at the time of treatment 50% of the patients had history of disease inferior of 6 months and 42% were T2 and 38% T4. These results agree with international literature and emphasize the importance of preventive aspects of this cancer.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Araújo Filho
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Carlucci Júnior
authors.forename: S U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montag
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Azato
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ferraz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Perfil de incidência do câncer oral em um hospital geral em São Paulo.