The Site and Age distributions of SCC in 115 subjects.

The Site and Age distributions of SCC in 115 subjects.

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Background: Occurrence of Orofacial malignancies (OFM) is a major global public health issue, being the sixth most common cancer in the world with 500,000 new incidences per year. Their pattern of distribution among patients in the younger age groups needs to be explored and compared with their pattern of distribution among patients in older age gr...

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... ranged from 5 -97 years with 4 months being the most common presentation time for the tumour (Mean presentation time of 14 months, ±22 months). The mean age of males that presented with SCC was relatively higher compared to females (M=50 years ±20, F=45 years ±20).The most frequent site for SCC was the Mandible (n=33, 28.7%) [ Table 3]. SCC which was located in almost all the intraoral and extraoral sites showed a male gender predilection except in lip SCC that showed a female predilection. ...
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... ratio among subjects ≤ 40 years old was 1:1.23 compared to among subjects >40 years old( 2.35:1 by ratio.) In addition, there was a maxilla site predilection in subjects ≤40 years old (n=16, 42.1%) and a Mandible site predilection in subjects >40 years old (n=22, 32.8%) [ Table 3]. ...

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