title: Delay in pathological tissue processing time vs. mortality in oral cancer: short communication.
abstract: Several factors have been identified to affect morbidity and mortality in oral cancer patients. The time taken to process a resected cancer specimen in a patient presenting with primary or recurrent disease can be of interest as delay can affect earlier interventions post-surgery. We looked at this variable in a group of 168 consecutive oral cancer patients and assessed its relationship to mortality from the disease at 3 and 5 years. It is expected that delay in pathological processing time of surgical specimens acquired from patients with recurrent disease may increase or contribute to the increased rate of mortality. Further high evidence-based studies are required to confirm this.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dijla University College, Baghdad, Iraq. waseem_wk1@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Waseem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jerjes
authors.forename: Tahwinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Upile
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Radhi
authors.forename: Aviva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: Aidan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Callear
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kafas
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hopper
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology