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- Title
The Incidence of Mouth, Tongue and Lip Cancers in Kelantan, Malaysia.
- Authors
Ghazali, N.; Zain, R. B.; Samsudin, A. R.; Raman, R. A.
- Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine the oral cancer (OC) incidence between January 1994 to December 1998 in Kelantan, Malaysia using surgical records. Incident cases of OC (140-145, ICD-9) were obtained from surgical biopsy records of the main referral centres for head and neck surgery in Kelantan. Ethnic- and site-specific incidence rates were calculated and this was standardised to the world population. Fifty cases were identified. Mouth cancer was the predominant site of OC while the cheek was the most common sub-site. The overall age-standardised incidence rate adjusted to world population for OC was 1.13 ± 0.15 per 100,000. When inter-ethnic comparisons of site-specific incidence rates were made, the incidence of mouth cancer was highest in the Indian ethnic group while the Malay ethnic group had the highest rate for tongue and lip cancers. The incidence for mouth cancer among Kelantan Indians was higher compared with Indians of the Indian subcontinent and other migrant Indian populations. OC is relatively uncommon in Kelantan. An inter-ethnic variation in OC incidence was observed. Surgical records provide an alternative way of obtaining data for the estimation of incidence.
- Subjects
KELANTAN; ORAL cancer; TONGUE cancer; LIP cancer; CHEEK; INDIGENOUS peoples of the Americas; MEDICAL records
- Publication
Malaysian Dental Journal, 2006, Vol 27, Issue 2, p82
- ISSN
0126-8023
- Publication type
Article