住院妇女口腔癌风险和查患病率
Hussein Pothiwalla1, Jerome Gnanaraj1, Suchitra Paranji2
1Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Cureus
|July 2, 2024
概括
许多住院妇女有患口腔癌的高风险. 住院治疗为这些风险人群的早期口腔癌检测和干预提供了一个关键机会.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 预防医学 预防医学
背景情况:
- 与其他癌症查相比,口腔癌查经常被忽视.
- 早期发现可显著改善口腔癌的预后和生存率.
- 住院提供了一个独特的环境来识别和参与高风险个体.
研究的目的:
- 确定住院妇女中高风险口腔癌个体的患病率.
- 评估住院妇女对口腔癌查的兴趣.
- 评估医院内干预措施的有效性,以提高口腔癌意识.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及510名无癌症妇女的研究,在一个学术中心接受了内科治疗.
- 根据吸烟和酒精消费,确定了370名高风险女性.
- 住院干预包括咨询,教育和查提供;后续评估医生讨论.
主要成果:
- 73%的住院女性被确定为口腔癌的高风险.
- 57%的高风险女性缺乏初级牙医.
- 只有41%的人在医院接受了查,但66%的人在出院后与他们的PCP讨论了查.
结论:
- 绝大多数住院妇女都面临口腔癌的高风险.
- 住院治疗是口腔癌教育和查的一个可行的机会.
- 住院期间的有针对性的干预措施可以促进后续的口腔癌查讨论.
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