title: Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: clinical and pathological aspects.
abstract: Oral cavity cancer is a public health problem as the sixth leading cause of cancer worldwide. Most tumor lesions are detected in stage III and IV, leading to a poor prognosis, five-year survival rate ranging between 10% and 40%. Oral cancer etiology is multifactorial, known still incomplete. The main etiopathogenic factors are exposure to cigarette smoke and alcohol consumption. We conducted a retrospective study of oral cavity tumors hospitalized in 2008-2012 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the Emergency County Hospital of Craiova, Romania. Of 143 tumors of the oral cavity, 125 were malignant, and of these, 115 (92%) were represented by squamous cell carcinoma. Tumor lesions were more common in males (69%), patients from rural areas (64%) and those over 50-year-old (87.71%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fronie
authors.forename: Adina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bunget
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Afrem
authors.forename: Liliana Lucia
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Preoţescu
authors.forename: Dorina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corlan Puşcu
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Streba
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mogoantă
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dumitrescu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult