Open AccessClinicopathological analysis of oral squamous cell carcinoma among the younger age group in coastal Karnataka, India: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Riaz Abdulla,
Soniya Adyanthaya,
Prajna V Kini,
Varshasnata Mohanty,
Neevan D’Souza,
Yashwanth Subbannayya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_16_18
Subject(s) - medicine , grading (engineering) , basal cell , tongue , incidence (geometry) , pathological , chewing tobacco , cancer , buccal mucosa , age groups , oral cavity , young adult , dentistry , pathology , demography , civil engineering , physics , optics , sociology , engineering
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) primarily occurs in older age group. However, in the recent years, incidence of oral cancer in young people has been on rise worldwide. Towards this end, we sought to analyze the clinical and histopathological characteristics of OSCC in patients less than 45 years of age.