Referral patterns of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, Australia

Dimitroulis, George; Reade, Peter C.; Wiesenfeld, D.

doi:10.1016/0964-1955(92)90007-n

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“…[4][5][6][7] These have consistently shown delays, both due to delays in patients seeking attention, and delays in medical and dental practitioners referring patients for diagnosis and treatment. Similar findings have been reported from Australia, 8 Brazil, 9 Canada, 10 Denmark 11 and Greece. 12 Allison 13 has reviewed the evidence regarding whether delays in the diagnosis of oral cancer once it is clinically detectable actually affects the prognosis of patients, and found that whilst there is  Delays in the diagnosis and referral of oral cancer patients continue to occur despite recent efforts to increase awareness of the disease.…”

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Oral cancer: Delays in referral and diagnosis persist

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Oral cancer: Delays in referral and diagnosis persist

2005

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“…These studies showed figures ranging from 46%9 to as high as 68%. 10 The figure of 50% in this study is in agreement with other previous studies (1,(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). Ramanathan et all had a sample of 61 males in their study.…”

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“…As shown, the medical practitioners refer on smaller lesions (Tl and T2) as compared to dentists. This trend differs from that of other workers (6,8,9,13). These findings can be explained by two possible reasons.…”

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Delay In Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer In Malaysia: A Study Of Five Centres

Khoo

Shanmuhasuntharam

Mahadzir³

et al. 1996

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The diagnosis of oral cancer have been variously reported as being due to delay by clinicians, patients or both. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the referral pattern of 65 patients eventually diagnosed as having oral squamous cell carcinoma. The results showed that 50% of the patients delayed seeking professional help for more than 3 months after being aware of the lesion. The majority of the patients consulted medical practitioners as the first source of help. The mean clinicians' and patients' delay were 10.3 weeks and 28.9 weeks respectively. Dental practitioners showed a tendency to refer on more advanced lesions compared to the medical practitioners. The findings raise the concern that lack of patients' awareness, misdiagnosis by clinicians and late detection by dental practitioners prevail thus calling for urgent measures towards early detection of the disease.

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“…A number of studies have reported referral delays of oral cancer in Australia (Dimitroulis et al, 1992), Brazil (Kowalski et al, 1994), United Kingdom (Hollows et al, 2000), Denmark (Wildt et al, 1995) and Greece (Pitiphat et al, 2002), however the studies are not easily comparable because they were set in different areas and used different methodologies.…”

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Oral Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Dentists in Khartoum State, Sudan

Ahmed

Naidoo

2017

J Canc Educ

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The incidence of oral cancer is rising in the Sudan. Detecting oral cancer at an early stage is the most effective means of improving survival and reducing morbidity from disease. Aim:The aim of the present study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of dentists related to oral cancer prevention and early detection in public dental clinics in Khartoum State, Sudan. Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional survey using an administered structured questionnaire was carried out. The questionnaire consisted of 28 questions that included the key areas of oral cancer prevention and early detection. A sample of 130 dental practitioners was requested to participate in the study. Results:The response rate was 86.92%. The majority were female (68.1%) between the ages of 20 -40 years old. The majority were aware of the major risk factors and the most common presentations of oral cancer. About two thirds (63.7%) perceived that their knowledge on oral cancer was current. However, almost a third (35.4.6%) reported that they had sufficient knowledge concerning oral cancer prevention. More than half (54 percent) reported that they do not carry out any special examination to detect oral cancer in asymptomatic patients. Two thirds (66.3%) believed that their undergraduate training in the diagnosis of oral cancer was inadequate. The vast majority (95.6%) were interested in further oral cancer continuing education and 88.5% that development of referral guidelines can improve the quality of referrals to specialists. Conclusions:The findings of the present study indicate that there is a need for further training in the early detection and prevention of oral cancer, as well as an increased emphasis on oral cancer diagnosis and prevention in the dental training curriculum.3 Declaration I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the work contained in this dissertation is my original work and that it has not been previously in its entirety or in part submitted at any university for a degree.………………………………… …………………………

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Referral patterns of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, Australia

Cited by 71 publications

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Oral cancer: Delays in referral and diagnosis persist

Oral cancer: Delays in referral and diagnosis persist

Delay In Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer In Malaysia: A Study Of Five Centres

Oral Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Dentists in Khartoum State, Sudan

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