Patients referred by the Program for Detection of buccal cancer. Stomatology Faculty of La Havana, 1999-2006

The aim of present paper was to characterize the patients referred by the Program for Detection of Buccal Cancer (PDBC) to Clinic of Buccal Pathology of the Stomatology Faculty from February, 1999 to July, 2006. An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in patients inscribed in Referred Registry by PDBC to Clinic of Pathology from the Stomatology Faculty of La Havana. A total of 1 008 patients were studied, the more numerous presumptive diagnosis and the definitive diagnosis of other lesion with 33.7 % followed by leucopenia with 33.7 %, coincidence between the presumptive diagnosis and the definitive one was of 69.0 %, the cheek was involved in the 25.9 %. Epidermoid carcinoma accounted for the 85.0 % and the diagnosed malignant neoplasm. There were not differences among sexes of referred patients and the more involved age rank was that from 34 to 59 years. The half of referred patients had smoking being higher in patients presenting with leukoplakia and malignant neoplasms. The anatomical locations more involved by the lesions were cheeks, gingiva and palate. The Grade I epidermoid carcinoma and the grade I clinical stage showed the higher percentages. Are needed further studies allowing to emphasize the success of PDBC and to correct the deficiencies preventing to fulfill appropriately the objectives. (author)