Histopathology clinical characteristic of oropharyngeal carcinoma
- Author:
Nguyen Huu Thoi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
oropharyngeal carcinoma
- MeSH:
Carcinoma/pathology;
Diagnosis;
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;487(9):26-28
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study in 195 oropharyngeal carcinoma patients, results showed that this cancer mainly occurred in the group of 40-70 years old (70%), male was more often than female (2.8 times), duration of onset: <3 months: 40%, 3-6 months: 30.2%, 6-12 months: 18.4%, >12 months: 10.7%. Symptoms are: sore throat 59.7%, dysphagia 73.3%, changes of voice 43%, bleeding phlegm 15.8%, difficult swallow 7.8%, and lock-jaw 20.7%. Primary tumors on the right/left were 49.7% and 50.3%. 87.6% of lymph nodes were on the same side of tumors, 12.3% on the opposite side. Most patients have been diagnosed in late stages. 74.8% tumors were squamous cell carcinoma, 25.2% were undifferentiated carcinoma.
