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Revista Médica Electrónica
On-line version ISSN 1684-1824
Abstract
HERNANDEZ CUETARA, Lourdes; RAMIREZ RAMIREZ, Roger; SERRANO DIAZ, Berkis and FERNANDEZ QUEIJA, Yivelin. Cancerous and pre-cancerous buccal lesions. Associated risk factors. Policlínico Bernardo Posse Years 2017. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2019, vol.41, n.3, pp.618-627. ISSN 1684-1824.
Introduction:
cancer is one the major health problems in humanity, not only in the field of public health, but also in science in general.It affects a significant group of persons in the world.
Objetive:
to describe the behavior of the cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions in the buccal cavity and risk factors associated with patients assisted in Bernardo Posse Clinic, located in San Miguel del Padrón municipality, Havana, 2017.
Materials and methods:
an analytic and retrospective study about risk factors associated with cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions in the buccal cavity in patients aged 15 and over, between January and November, 2017. There is a universe of 631 patients. Some variable were analyzed in the study.
Results:
the male sex predominated prove a predominance of sex masculine with a 52, 9 %. The 35 and 59 age group was the most affected, with a 53,2%. The age group older than 60 was the most affected with pre-cancerous lesions in the buccal cavity, with a 1, 42 %. From the patients examined throughout the research, the 53, 2% consumed alcohol in a regular way.
Conclusions:
in the study predominated the persons of male sex and the older than 35 years. The pre-cancerous lesions were more frequent in the age group older than 60 years .If was proved the relation between the risk factors and the cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions.
Keywords : cancer; pre-cancerous lesions; pre-cancerous conditions; risk factors.