3. DEFINATION:
A MALIGNANT GROWTH OR TUMOUR RESULTING FROM AN UNCONTROLLED
DIVISION OF CELLS IS TERMED AS CANCER.
“CANCER OCCURING IN ANY PART OF ORAL CAVITY IS TERMED AS ORAL CANCER”
MORE THAN 90% OF ORAL CANCERS ARE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS.
6TH MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE WORLD
A HIGH PREVALENCE OF ORAL CANCER IN PAKISTAN AND OTHER SIAN COUNTRIES
IS MAINLY DUE TO INFLUENCE OF REGION SPECIFIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FACTORS
SUCH AS TOBACCO AND BETEL QUID CHEWING
PROGNOSIS IS POOR SO EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE
HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ORAL
CANCER AND PRE-CANCEROUS LESIONS AND CONDITIONS
4. PATHOGENESIS
ORAL SQUAMOUS CARCINOGENESIS IS A MULTISTEP PROCESS IN
WHICH MULTIPLE GENETIC EVENTS OCCUR THAT ALTER THE NORMAL
FUNCTIONS OF ONCOGENES AND TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR GENES
THIS CAN RESULT IN INCREASED PRODUCTION OF GROWTH FACTORS
OR NUMBERS OF CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS, ENHANCED
INTRACELLULAR MESSENGER SIGNALLING, AND/OR INCREASED
PRODUCTION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS.
IN COMBINATION WITH THE LOSS OF TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR ACTIVITY,
THIS LEADS TO A CELL PHENOTYPE CAPABLE OF INCREASED CELL
PROLIFERATION, WITH LOSS OF CELL COHESION, AND THE ABILITY TO
INFILTRATE LOCAL TISSUE AND SPREAD TO DISTANT SITES.
5. THE SPECTRUM OF MALIGNANT TUMORS TO AFFECT THE ORAL CAVITY
VARY WIDELY AND INCLUDES
(1)SURFACE EPITHELIUM
• SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (OVER 90%)
(2)GLANDULAR EPITHELIUM
• ADENOCARCINOMA IN FEMALES
• MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA IN MALES
(3)MESENCHYMAL TISSUES
• LYMPHOMAS
• SARCOMAS
7. GLOBAL INDICATORS
PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS ADDICTED TO SMOKING
PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGERS OR ADOLESCENTS ADDICTED TO SMOKING
PREVALENCE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS
NUCLEAR SITES LOCATION IN A SPECIFIC PLACE
ORAL HYGIENE OF POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL
TYPE OF MOUTH WASH USED ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH ALCOHOL
CONTENT
CANCER INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
LITERACY RATE
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF A POPULATION
TYPE OF DIET
9. INCIDENCE:
63,451 NEW CANCER CASES WERE REPORTED IN 2017 IN PAKISTAN
ORAL CANCER WAS THE 4TH MOST DETETCTED CANCER AMONG
PATIENTS
MAJORITY OF ORAL CANCER CASES WERE REGULAR SMOKERS
MAJORITY OF SMOKERS HAD POOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
IN FEW CASES LEISIONS BECOME ORAL CANCER DUE TO NEGLIGENCE
ALTHOUGH IT IS COMMON IN OLD AGE PEOPLE BUT 26% OF CASES ARE
YOUNG UNIVERSITY GOING STUDENTS WHICH WAS ALARMING.
10. ANNUAL INCIDENCE 31,000 AMERICANS;REST WORLD WIDE
HIGH MORTALITY;50% OF PATIIENTS LIVE MAXIMUM OF 5
YEARS FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS
MORE COMMON THAN CERVICAL CANCER
MORE FATAL THAN MALIGNANT MELANOMA OR HODGKIN’S
DISEASE
INCIDENCE RELATED TO SOCIO-ECNOMIC FACTORS
MULTIPLE PRIMARIES
FREQUENT LYMPH NODE METASTASIS
11. ORAL CANCER APPEARS AS A GROWTH OR SORE IN THE MOUTH THAT
DOES NOT GO AWAY.
INCLUDES CANCERS OF THE LIPS, TONGUE, CHEEKS, FLOOR OF THE
MOUTH, HARD AND SOFT PALATE, AND PHARYNX (THROAT).
MEN FACE TWICE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING ORAL CANCER AS WOMEN,
AND MEN WHO ARE OVER AGE 50 FACE THE GREATEST RISK.
25% CASES OF ORAL CANCER OCCURS IN NON-SMOKERS
12.
13. BELOW TABLE SHOWS ORAL CANCER CASES IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES OF PAKSTAN
ORAL CAVITY CANCER ETHNICITY
ETHNICITY MALES % FEMALES % TOTAL V
PUNJAB 7.4 9.0 8.2
KPK 5.7 2.7 4.3
BALOCHISTAN 14.8 19.8 17.2
SINDH 7.4 9.9 8.6
MOHAJIR 32.8 26.1 29.6
OTHERS 0 0.9 0.4UNKNOWN 32 31.5 31.8
TOTAL 100 100 100
14. PREVALENCE TREND IN PAKISTAN
LIP AND ORAL CAVITY CANCER IS THE SECOND MOST PREVALENT,
FREQUENTLY DIAGNOSED AND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH
IN PAKISTAN, WITH AN ESTIMATED 5-YEAR PREVALENCE OF
30,647 CASES, 12,761 NEWLY DIAGNOSED CASES AND
7,266 DEATHS IN 2014.
16. ORAL CANCER WITH ICD-10 CODES RANGING C01-C06
RANKS AMONGSTTHE 3 MOST COMMON TYPES IN PAKISTAN
IT IS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INCLUDING IT ARE MAJOR
THREAT TO DEVELOPMENT,ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HUMAN
HEALTH
THERE IS VARIATION IN INCIDENCE AND PATTERN OF
DISEASE DUE AGEING OF POPULATION
20. SITE
TONGUE SIDES
LIPS
FLOOR OF MOUTH
SOFT PALATE
TONSILS
SALIVARY GLANDS
BACK OF THROAT
AGE AND GENDER
INDIVIDUALS OVER 45 YEARS OF AGE (<10%)
MALES ARE MORE LIKELY
MEAN AGE IS USUALLY BETWEEN 51-55 YEARS OF AGE
21. RACE
COMMON IN PERSONS OF CHINESE ANCESTRY.
DECREASED INCIDENCE IN AMERICAN WHITES
GENETICS
INCREASED BY GENETIC MUTAGENS IN TOBCACO,ALCOHOL
AND BETEL QUID
GENETIC MUTATIONS-
3p,4q,6q,8p,9p,13q(RETINOBLASTOMA TUMOR
SUPRESSOR GENE) AND 21q.
22. SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
MORE COMMON IN POOR PEOPLE AND LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS OF
SOCIETY DUE TO HIGH EXPOSURE TO RISK FACTORS
EDUCATION
MORE IN ILLITERATE PEOPLE.
OCCUPATION
PEOPLE ASSOSCIATED WITH
TAR INDUSTRY
COAL MINE
URANIUM MINERS
TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
23. BLOOD GROUP
BLOOD GROUP O SHOWS LEAST SUSCEPTIBILITY
BLOOD GROUP A SHOWS HIGHEST SUSCEPTIBILITY
BLOOD GROUP B AND AB SHOWS DOUBTFUL SUSCEPTIBILITY
LIFESTYLE FACTORS
MORE IN PEOPLE WITH VITAMIN (A,C,E) DEFICIENCIES
INVERSE RELATION WITH BODY MASS INDEX
HIGH IN PEOPLE WITH LOW BETA-CAROTENE LEVELS
27. •
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
MOUTH SORES THAT DO NOT HEAL
PERSISTANT MOUTH PAIN
LUMP OR THICKENING IN CHEEKS
WHITE OR RED PATCH IN GUMS
SORE THROAT
DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING OR CHEWING
NUMBNESS OF TONGUE
DIFFICULTY MOVING JAW
LOOSENING OF TEETH
VOICE CHANGES
WEIGHT LOSS
PERSISTANT BAD BREADTH
LUMP IN NECK
29. IT IS AN EXAMINATION PERFORMED BY THE DENTIST OR DOCTOR TO LOOK FOR THE
SIGNS OF CANCER OR PRECANCEROUS CONDITION IN MOUTH
SCREENING PREPARATION
• ROUTINE HEAD AND NECK
EXAMINATION
• REVIEW HISTORY OF ALCOHOL
AND SMOKING
• FOLLOW UP
OVERVIEW
• PROPER LIGHTENING,PROBE
MOUTH MIRROR
• GAUZE SPONGES
• DISPOSABLE GLOVES
ARMAMENTARIUM
34. ADVANTAGES
LESS TIME
LESS PAINFUL
THOROUGH VISUAL AND SOFT TISSUE EXAMINATION
HELPFUL IN DETERMINATION OF SURGICAL BORDER
SMALL LESIONS ALSO IDENTIFIED
DIS-ADVANTAGES
PATIENT DISCOMFORT
INSUFFICIENT USE OF HISTOLOGIC AND MOLECULAR MAPPING
LACK OF METHODOLOGY SOUND CLINICAL TRAILS
36. PRIMARY LEVEL
•PUBLIC EDUCATION
•IMPROVING PUBLIC
LIFESTYLE
•INCREASING LITERACY RATE
HEALTH
PROMOTION
•BANNING SALE OF TOBACCO
•PROPER CARE OF ORAL
LESIONS
SPECIFIC
PROTECTION
39. REFERENCES• PARKS TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE 25TH EDITION
• GLOBAL CANCER OBSERVATORY
https://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/populations/586-pakistan-fact-sheets.pdf
• CANCER COUNTRY PROFILE-WHO
https://www.who.int/cancer/country-profiles/pak_en.pdf
• PAKISTAN CANCER INDEX
http://www.cancerindex.org/Pakistan
• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331205X.2017.1288773
• SHAUKAT KHANUM RESEARCHES
https://shaukatkhanum.org.pk/health-care-professionals-researchers/cancer-
statistics/
• CANCER REGISTERY-PAK HEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL
http://phrc.org.pk/cancer-registry.html