Demographic, aetiological and survival differences of oral squamous cell carcinoma in the young and the old in Sri Lanka

Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Among the Arab Population in israel from 1970 to 2006

“…The five-year-survival rate for all people was (59.4%), similar but lower than a recent study in the USA (Gorsky et al, 1994). This finding is consistent with the literature (Siriwardena et al, 2006;Warnakulasuriya et al, 2006).…”

Clinical and histopathological analysis of oral Squamous cell carcinoma of young patients in Mashhad, Iran: A retrospective study and review of literature

“…Several studies showed that between 1 to 6 percent of oral cancers have been presented in patients under the age of 40 (1)(2)(3). Although there has been a declining trend in the overall incidence of OSCC, the incidence in young adults seems to be increasing worldwide (2,3,(4)(5)(6). It seems that biological behavior and etiology of OSCC in young patients are unlike older age groups and some studies suggest that oral cancer in young patients is more aggressive (6).…”

Clinico-Pathological Differences of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma among Younger and Older Patients

“…The most common site of OSCC was the tongue according to other studies in UK, Sri Lanka and Iran [4,7,10], But in some other Asian countries such as Thailand, Taiwan and India, buccal mucosa was the most common location that was related to betel quid/tabacco chewing habits [10]. However, in the present study the most location of OSCC in young and old was alveolar mucosa (38.8%) and followed by tongue (26.3%) and buccal mucosa (20%).…”

“…However, recent studies have indicated the increasing number of young and very elderly adults [5]. The incidence of oral cancer in younger patients is reported 6% of all oral neoplasms in United Kingdom and 4.3-5.5% in the Sri Lankan [6,7]. Long term exposures to some classic risk factors such as alcohol consumption, smoking and betel nut chewing have been strongly associated with occurrence of OSCCs in all patients [5,8].…”