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8. Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma – A Three Years Experience at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur

Raees Abbas Lail1, Farwa Batool Shamsi2, Sadaf Shafique3, Munazza Hassan1,
Qurrat-ul-Ain Tahir1 and Nadia Naseem4

ABSTRACT

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and incidence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in reference to site of lesion reported at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Quaid-e-Azam Medical College/ Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from January 2015 till December 2017.

Materials and Methods: It included 126 cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma proven by histopathology. Data was retrospectively accessed from the record of Pathology Department.  The data was analyzed with help of SPSS version 20.

Results: Mean age of patients was 55.27±7.29years, median age was fifty years. Smoking history was affirmative in 74.32% of patients. Male to female ratio was found to be 1.5:1. Pharynx (49 patients), larynx (43 patients), oral cavity & tongue (24 patients), esophagus (8 patients) and skin (2 patients) were the most common sites involved by squamous cell carcinoma in descending order of frequency. Majority of these neoplasms were categorized as well-differentiated squamous cell carcinomas (n=71, 56.34%).

Conclusion: Peak incidence of Squamous cellcarcinoma of head and neck region is in the sixth decade of life and is less prevalent in females in comparison to males. Oropharyngeal region turned out to be the most frequent site which was affected by head and neck squamous cell carcinoma followed by larynx.

Key Words:  Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Oral Cancer, Larynx Cancer, Pharynx Cancer.

Citation of article: Lail RA, Shamsi FB, Shafique S, Hassan M, Tahir QA, Naseem N. Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma – A Three Years Experience at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. Med Forum 2020;31(1):29-31.