Primary oral melanoma: population-based incidence
| Autor: | Marianna de Camargo Cancela, Maria Paula Curado, Lydia Voti, Ana Maria Sortino-Rachou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Asia Skin Neoplasms Adolescent Population Oceania Young Adult Epidemiology Medicine Humans Registries Oral mucosa Young adult education Child Melanoma Aged Demography Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Palate Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Cancer Middle Aged South America medicine.disease Dermatology Surgery Macular Lesion medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology North America Female Mouth Neoplasms sense organs Oral Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Oral oncology. 45(3) |
| ISSN: | 1879-0593 |
| Popis: | Primary oral melanoma (POM) is a rare form of melanoma, generally diagnosed at a late stage and has poor prognosis. Epidemiological information has scarcely been reported in the literature over the past 40 years. Analyzing the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents volume IX (CI5-IX) database we found a total of 124,436 oral cavity cancers reported from all population-based cancer registries and 319 cases of POM reported by 67 cancer registries. To our knowledge this is the largest number of POM cases analyzed and accounts for 0.26% of all oral cavity cancers. ASR(W) for POM do not exceed 0.01 per 100,000 persons-year in all regions. The most common anatomic sites were palate (47%) and gum (27.6%) and a detailed oral mucosa examination and biopsies of nodular or macular lesions in these sites, especially on elderly patients, is advised to be routinely performed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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