Resumen

QUINTANA DIAZ, Juan Carlos; RODRIGUEZ LLANEZ, Ricardo; CASTILLO, Arturo  y  ALVAREZ CAMPOS, Licerba. Comportamiento del plan de detección precoz del cáncer bucal en Artemisa (1990-1994). Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 1996, vol.33, n.3, pp.105-108. ISSN 0034-7507.

A detailed study of the behaviour of the Plan for the Early Detection of Oral Cancer (PEDOC) at the municipality of Artemisa during the last five years, was carried out. The objective of this investigation was to determine the number of patients examined and referred by age and sex, and the definite diagnosis of the lesions found. 149 961 patients over 15 were examined, from whom 109 were referred with lesions, accounting for 0,072 % of the sample. Among the affected there was a slight predominance of males that increased together with age. The most frequent lesions were: leukoplasias, basal carcinomas, benign neoplasias, other premalignant lesions, and epidermoid carcinomas. It is stress the importance of the family physician incorporation to this plan in our municipality.

Palabras clave : MOUTH NEOPLASMS [diagnosis]; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; CUBA.