title: [Survival rate in epidermoid carcinoma of the oral cavity].
abstract: The present study aims to analyse the survival of 94 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. They were 86 men and 8 women with a mean age of 61. Seventy four percent were smokers and 70% consumed alcohol regularly. Eighty three percent had unhealthy teeth. A great majority of patients (76) were in the advanced stages (III-IV) and 61% showed neck nodules. The overall survival at 5 years was the following: 70% for patients in stage I, 85% in stage II, 58% stage III and only 17% for the patients in stage IV. The most significant prognostic factor that affected the survival was the N stage. For the patients in N0 and N1 we only found significant differences when the lymph nodes were histologically affected by the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología y Patologia Cervico-Facial, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz Herrera
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santa Cruz Ruiz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fonseca Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nieto Palacios
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanco Pérez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez González
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015995:Prevalence; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Supervivencia en el carcinoma epidermoide de cavidad oral.