Epidemiologic aspects of oral cancer

Gargi Sarode; Nikunj Maniyar; Sachin C Sarode; Mohammed Jafer; Shankargouda Patil; Kamran Habib Awan

doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2020.100988

Epidemiologic aspects of oral cancer

Dis Mon. 2020 Dec;66(12):100988. doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2020.100988. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

Authors

Gargi Sarode¹, Nikunj Maniyar², Sachin C Sarode², Mohammed Jafer³, Shankargouda Patil⁴, Kamran Habib Awan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: gargi14@gmail.com.
² Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan university, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ College of Dental Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences, South Jordan, Utah, United States. Electronic address: kamranhabibawan@gmail.com.

PMID: 32605720
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2020.100988

Abstract

Oral cancer is depicted by diverse geographic disparity in its incidence and prevalence, with a wide range of variation in its distribution across various parts of the world. The present review aims at focusing on the global epidemiological data of oral cancer and catalogues the available data from the past to till date on burden of oral cancer across different continents in the world. The review also suggests a few ideas on modifying the recording of the epidemiological data of the disease.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Incidence; Oral cancer; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Prevalence.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / pathology
Epidemiologic Methods
Global Health
Humans
Mouth Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Mouth Neoplasms* / pathology