Open AccessPrevalence of oral cancer and oral epithelial dysplasia among North Indian population: A retrospective institutional study
Author(s) -
Shruti Singh,
Jaya Singh,
Shaleen Chandra,
Firoza Samadi
Publication year - 2020
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_347_19
Subject(s) - medicine , epithelial dysplasia , epidemiology , basal cell , cancer , retrospective cohort study , malignancy , dysplasia , population , dermatology , environmental health
Despite our sincere and serious efforts, oral cancer (particularly oral squamous cell carcinoma [OSCC]) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the Indian population. Oral precancerous lesions show quite high malignant transformation rate. Epidemiological data of oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) and OSCC could help in early diagnosis and thus may improve the prognosis. The current study aims to retrospectively analyze the epidemiological profile of patients with different grades of OED and OSCCs.