RESULTS
A total of 54 cancer cases (7.6% of head and neck cancers) were reported, of which carcinomas, sarcomas and lymphomas constituted 81.5%, 16.7% and 1.8% of the cases respectively. Childhood cancers constituted 5.7% of the oral cancers in the series.
Site Distribution
The intra-oral site commonly affected were the tongue (33.3%), palate (27.8%) and the lip (16.7%).
Table 1. Site Distribution of Oral Cancers
|
Cancers |
ICD-O Codes |
Sites |
TOTAL (%) |
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|
Tongue |
Palate |
Lip |
Unspecified Mouth |
Gingiva |
FOM |
Buccal Mucosa |
Alve-olus |
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|
Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
M-8070/3 |
16 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
37 (70.4) |
|
Adenoidcystic Carcinoma |
M-8200/3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 (5.5) |
|
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma |
M-8430/3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1.9) |
|
Undifferentiated Carcinoma |
M-8020 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1.9) |
|
Malignant Melanoma |
M-8720 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 (1.9) |
|
Rhabdomyo-sarcoma NOS |
M-8900/3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1.9) |
|
Alveolar Rhabdomyo-sarcoma |
M-8920/3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 (3.7) |
|
Pleomorphic Rhabdomyo-sarcoma |
M-8901/3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1.9) |
|
Embryonal Rhabdomyo-sarcoma |
M-8910/3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 (3.7) |
|
Kaposi sarcoma |
M-9140/3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 (5.5) |
|
Non-hodgkin?s Lymphoma |
M-9591/3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1.9) |
|
TOTAL (%) |
18 (33.3) |
15 (27.8) |
9 (16.7) |
5 (9.2) |
3 (5.5) |
3 (5.5) |
1 (1.9) |
0 (0) |
54 |
|
Squamous cell carcinoma (n=37) was most commonly reported in the tongue 16 (43.2%), lip 8 (21.6%) and palate 5 (13.5%), while sarcomas were commonly reported in the palate (Table 1).