Oro-facial malignancy in north of Iraq: a retrospective study of biopsied cases

Autor: Sura Ali Ahmed Fuoad, Dena Nadhim Mohammad, Marwa Abdul-Salam Hamied, Balkees Taha Garib
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BMC Oral Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-021-01521-3
Popis: Abstract Background Identifying the prevalence of orofacial malignancies is essential to provide health-care programs and services for a specific population. This study aimed to specify the prevalence, clinical and histopathological features of oral malignancies in Sulaimani for over 12 years. Methods All archived reports for orofacial specimens from 2008 to 2019 were collected from three major centers in Sulaimani governorate. The demographic data, date, type of surgery, lesion's site, and diagnosis were recorded. The ICD-10 coding was specified for each case. A Chi-square test was used to assess differences between genders. A one-way ANOVA test was applied to analyze the differences in mean age distributions among different sites of oral malignancies and oral squamous cell carcinoma histopathological grades. P
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