Oral Cancer - Guías de estudio, Notas de estudios & Resúmenes

wers-1. squamincidence of oral cancers - Answers-4% of naturally occurring cancers leading sights for oral malignancies - Answers-1. tongue 2. floor of mouth prime age and sex for oral cancer - Answers-over age 40 2:1 male to female causal relationships to oral cancer - Answers-1. tobacco -pipes=lip cancer -cigarettes=oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer -snuff dipping/tobacco chewing=cheek and gum cancer 2. alcohol consumption -10x increase in cancer w/heavy alcohol and tobacco usage ...

Mouth cancer is a malignant disease which can occur in any part of the mouth correct answers What is mouth cancer Growth or an ulcer of the oral mucosa for more than two weeks Some early changes are just red/white plaques unusual lumps correct answers How does mouth cancer usually present? Squamous cell carcinoma correct answers What form primary malignant tumours are most common in the mouth? 14 per 100,000 in males 7 per 100,000 in females correct answers What is the UK incidenc...

14.01/100,000 correct answers How common is oral cancer in Kentucky? African Americans correct answers What ethnicity has the worst 5-year survival rate? 5th through 6th decades of life correct answers What is the most common age for oral cancer? white males correct answers Who has the highest incidence of oral cancer? 60-65% correct answers What is the 5 year survival rate of oral cancer? squamous cell carcinoma correct answers What are >90% of oral cancers? salivary gland ...

What to document if you find a lesion? correct answers Anatomical Location Borders Color, configuration, and consistency/texture Diameter/Dimensions(mm) Type of Lesions How many lymph nodes are there? correct answers 10 What to ask if you find a lesion... correct answers History-how long Is pt aware of the area? Previously present/evaluated changes in size, appearance-location symptoms family history smoker Types of Palpation correct answers Digital-1 finger Bidigital-2finger...

What is the most common type of oral cancer? correct answers Squamous cell carcinoma - >90% of Oral cancers What are the 5 types of oral cancer? correct answers SCC, Minor salivary cancer, melanoma, lymphoma How common is H&N cancer? correct answers 8th most common, 14th most fatal - 8 death a day (UK) Where are the common sites for oral cancer in Australia? correct answers Lip>Tongue>"mouth">Salivary glands>Oropharynx Why is mortality for cancers on the ip low? corr...

What types of cancer can be called oral cancer? correct answers Throat, mouth, larynx, sinuses, salivary glands, and skin. What is unique to oral cancer? correct answers Often difficult to treat and high rate of recurrence What are the treatment options for oral cancer? correct answers Surgery, Chemo, Radiation, and Novel approaches. What are the scary stats for oral cancer? correct answers Over 40k will be diagnosed each year and over 50% will die of the disease. How are oral cancer...

_____________ and _____________ contain lymphoid tissue, therefore can develop lymphoma correct answers Tonsils and base of tongue ______% of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinoma. correct answers 90 Recent increases in oral cancers due to __________. correct answers HPV Only about ______% of the population goes to the dentist regularly. correct answers 50 Incidence rate and death rate has been dropping due to correct answers decrease smoking since the 1970s The most common sit...

incidence of oral cancers correct answers 4% of naturally occurring cancers leading sights for oral malignancies correct answers 1. tongue 2. floor of mouth prime age and sex for oral cancer correct answers over age 40 2:1 male to female causal relationships to oral cancer correct answers 1. tobacco -pipes=lip cancer -cigarettes=oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer -snuff dipping/tobacco chewing=cheek and gum cancer 2. alcohol consumption -10x increase in cancer w/heavy alcohol a...