Clinical-epidemiological Behavior of Oral Cancer in the Province of Guantanamo, 2007 - 2018

Abstract

Introduction: Oral cancer is a health problem that affects a significant group of people. Objective: To identify the clinical-epidemiological behavior of oral cancer in the province of Guantanamo in the period of 2007 - 2018. Method: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample consists of 252 patients diagnosed with this disease by histopathology. The following variables were studied: triennial involvement, age, sex, origin, oral topography, clinical extension and morphological type. Results: The highest percentage of patients were male (69.4%), over 60 years of age (69.8%), from the municipality of Guantánamo (42.9%). The lesions were located mainly in the tongue (37.3%) and floor of the mouth (19.0%) and extended to the oral complex. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common histopathological type (94%). Conclusions: In Guantanamo, oral cancer is an unsolved health problem that mainly affects the geriatric population and the male sex, which requires attention in advanced stages of the disease.