رسائل ماجيستير
English
2019
Epidemiology of Oral Cancer in Khartoum Dental Teaching Hospital, Khartoum State, Sudan (2018)
Ehsan Hassab Elrasoul Hassan , Eltagi Abdalla Mohamed Abdalla , Hassan Mohamed Elhafiz Hassan Atia
كلية العلوم الصحية والبيئية-جامعة الجزيرة · السودان
Oral cancer is one of the major health problem in Sudan due to the life style of the population they use some toxic substances like smoking Cigarate or snuff the tobacco. This study aimed to determine the type of oral cancer and the associated risk factors. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at Khartoum Dental Teaching Hospital on September to December 2018, A purpose convenient sampling technique was used in the study. The data were collected through Interview questionnaire and Biopsy record and analysed through SPSS version 23. A total of 240 participants in the Referral clinic at the Khartoum Dental Teaching Hospital (60%) of them were male and (40%) of them were female, their age ranged between 8 to 88 years with an average median of 32 years, (29 %) of them diagnosed by oral cancer and (65.7%) of cancer was squamous cell carcinoma. In conclusion (29%) of participants in referral clink of Khartoum Dental Teaching Hospital has oral cancer, (65.7%) of cancer was squamous cell carcinoma originated from mandible region 53%, male has a high frequency than female male (56%) and female (44%). The most affected age was between 73 to 88 years with percentage of (56%). Most of the patients came from Khartoum (27%) and Gezira state (21%). (64%) of patients had oral cancer from unemployed patients with 28% low level of income, the percentage of oral cancer in illiterate patients were (54%). Toombak, diabetes mellitus and number of teeth missing they were high significant with oral cancer. public educational program is high recommended. All those involved in the habit of Toombak use should undergo a continuous screening programmed. Sudan needs to implement a better method for tracking cancer incidences and mortality and examination of risk factors.