A multicenter study of oral sarcomas in Brazil

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of oral sarcomas from geographic regions of Brazil. Materials and methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted on biopsies obtained from January 2007 to December 2016 at twelve Brazilian oral and maxillofacial pathology centres. Gen...

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Published in:Oral diseases 2020-01, Vol.26 (1), p.43-52
Main Authors: Carvalho, Waldner Ricardo Souza, Souza, Lucas Lacerda, Pontes, Flávia Sirotheau Corrêa, Uchôa, Daniel Cavallero Colares, Corrêa, Davi Lavareda, Cáceres, Cinthia Verónica Bardalez López, Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte, Santos‐Silva, Alan Roger, Vargas, Pablo Agustin, Andrade, Bruno Augusto Benevenuto, Romañach, Mário, Gomez, Ricardo Santiago, Costa, Sara Ferreira dos Santos, Batista, Aline Carvalho, Mendonça, Elismauro Francisco, Pinto, Décio dos Santos, Gondak, Rogério, Cruz Perez, Danyel Elias, Nonaka, Cassiano, Santos, Jean Nunes, Libório‐Kimura, Tatiana Nayara, Câmara, Jeconias, Ramôa Pires, Fábio, Souza, Lélia Batista, Martins, Manoela Domingues, Almeida, Oslei Paes, Fonseca, Felipe Paiva, Pontes, Hélder Antônio Rebelo
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biopsy
Bone cancer
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical aspects
Cortical bone
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dentistry
Diagnosis
epidemiology
Female
Humans
Lesions
Male
Mandible
Maxillofacial
maxillofacial regions
mesenchymal tumours
Middle Aged
mouth
Mouth Neoplasms - epidemiology
Oral cavity
Osteosarcoma - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Sarcoma
Sarcoma - epidemiology
Sarcoma, Kaposi - epidemiology
sarcomas
Tumors
Young Adult
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Summary:Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of oral sarcomas from geographic regions of Brazil. Materials and methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted on biopsies obtained from January 2007 to December 2016 at twelve Brazilian oral and maxillofacial pathology centres. Gender, age, evolution time, clinical aspects, tumour location, tumour size at diagnosis, radiographic aspects and histopathological diagnosis were evaluated. Data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods. Results From 176,537, a total of 200 (0.11%) oral sarcomas were reported, and the most prevalent were osteosarcomas (74 cases; 37%) and Kaposi's sarcomas (52 cases; 26%). Males were more affected than females at a mean age of 32.2 years old (range of 3–87 years). The most common symptoms were swelling¸ localised pain and bleeding at a mean evolution time of 5.14 months (range
ISSN:1354-523X
1601-0825
DOI:10.1111/odi.13211