International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp: (9-13), Month: April 2021 - September 2021, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER CASES IN CLINIC THT RSUP SANGLAH DENPASAR FROM 20152017 Yaalini Murasoli Maran1, I Gde Ardika Nuaba2, Agus Rudi Asthuta2, Sari Wulan Dwi Sutanegara2 1 2
Programme of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali
Department of Ear-Nose-Throat-Head and Neck RSUP Sanglah/ Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali Email: yaalinimaran17@gmail.com
Abstract: Head and neck cancer is a general term used for a range of cancers that starts in the head and neck of the body. This region includes the mouth, tongue, palate, jaw, salivary glands, tonsils, throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx), nose and sinuses. Head and neck cancers are in the world with an estimated 686,328 cases in 2012, comprising 300,373 cancers in the lip and oral cavity, 156,877 in the larynx, 142,387 in the other pharynx and 86,691 cancers in the nasopharyx. The study was cross sectional conducted with retrospective descriptive design. Samples of 12,825 patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer at the Clinic THT RSUP Sanglah Denpasar Medical Records Installation Bali for the period 2015-2017 were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were analysed using tabulation to obtain distribution based on age, gender/sex, and type of cancer. The cases of Head and Neck cancer cases in Clinic THT RSUP Sanglah in 2015-2017 was 12,825 people, the patient characteristics were mostly men (70.42%) with an age range dominated from 41 - 60 years old (60.00%). Majority of the patients in the THT-KL Policlinic RSUP Sanglah during the study period were found to have Nasopharyngeal cancer, followed by Larynx cancer and Sinonasal cancer. It was conducted that the cases of Head and Neck cancer in Clinic THT RSUP Sanglah Denpasar from 2015-2017 mostly men (41-60) and the majority cases of cancer were diagnosed from Nasopharyngeal cancer. Keywords: Head and Neck cancer, Nasophayrngeal cancer, Larynx cancer, Sinonasal cancer.
1. INTRODUCTION Head and neck cancer is a general term used for a range of cancers that starts in the head and neck of the body. This region includes the mouth, tongue, palate, jaw, salivary glands, tonsils, throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx), nose and sinuses.1 Cancer is when cells in the body change and grow out of control. Cancer is made up of abnormal cells that grow even though your body doesn't need them. In most cancers, the abnormal cells grow to form a lump or mass called a tumour. If cancer cells are in the body long enough, they can grow into (invade) nearby areas yet spread to the other part of bodies. Cancers of head and neck are identified that begins in the area oral cavity, salivary glands (major and minor), and paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity.2 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is a disease with mortality and mobility. More than 50,000 new cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are diagnosed in the United States every year, with a mortality rate of 12,000 annually.3
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