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Oral cancer in women nonusers of tobacco and alcohol
Author(s) -
Wey Philip D.,
Lotz Michael J.,
Triedman Leonard J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19871001)60:7<1644::aid-cncr2820600737>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , cancer , retrospective cohort study , disease , carcinoma , demography , sociology
A retrospective study of private surgical experience (L.J.T.) in the treatment of primary oral carcinoma was undertaken to compare the demographics, disease history, and clinical behavior patterns in women nonusers versus users of tobacco and alcohol. From a clinical group of 109 patients with oral carcinoma, an unexpectedly high percentage were women (41%, 45/109) and of these women, 31% (14/45) were nonusers of either substance. Differences were found in age (71 vs. 60 years), location of the primary tumor (0% vs. 35% floor of mouth), clinical stage at presentation (early, 80% vs. 50%), histologic parameters, clinical behavior patterns, and occurrence of secondary primaries (0% vs. 26%). The differences identified have prognostic and therapeutic implications.