Clinical Profile Of Head And Neck Malignancies At A Rural Tertiary Care Centre: Retrospective Study.

[摘要] Head and neck cancers contributes to 25 % in males and 10 % in female cancers and these are1 more common in males than in females. India being a developing country and having multiple diversity ofvaried culture and traditions, regional beliefs, variety of demographic features leading to differentcharacteristic of these cancers in different individuals. Data was collected in context to Age, sex, history ofexposure to risk factors like smoking, alcohol, chewing habits, and other forms of drug addictions,socioeconomic factors, presenting clinical complaints, presenting signs and symptoms in patients withdistant metastasis, staging of the disease, radiological investigations showing malignancy were recorded.Most common clinical presentation with oral cavity malignancywas Ulcerative growth seen in 78 % ofthe patients.Patients with malignancy of hypopharynx showed dysphagia (72%) as a predominantsymptom followed by hoarseness of voice(10 %)and breathlessness(14%).Change in voice was commonclinical presenting feature in malignancies involvinghypopharynx, larynx,thyroid,and Non -Hodgkinslymphoma. Head and neck cancer accounts for highest incidence at our ruraltertiary care centre.Screening sessions and educational programmes for creating awareness about the prevention ofmodifiable risk factors should be conducted at regular intervals.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Head surgery;neck cancer;malignancy;breathlessness