A Study on Demographic Profile of Patients and Correlation Between Clinical and Radiological Findings in Oral and Oropharyngeal Malignancies

Abstract

Oral and Oropharyngeal cancers are on rise year after year and Head and Neck Cancer rank sixth among all cancers worldwide. This study is an institutional based retrospective type of study conducted in a tertiary care hospital for a period of 6 months with an aim to identify the demographic profile of the patients and to correlate between the clinical and radiological findings of the disease using Cohen's Kappa value. Both oral and oropharyngeal cancer was predominant in male population with commonest age being the 5th decade of life. Tongue was the most common site for oral cancer, on the other hand, base of tongue was commonest among oropharyngeal cancer. The disease extension was thoroughly examined clinically by palpation and 70 degree Hopkins Endoscope and also radiologically using appropriate imaging tools. The clinical and radiological T showed moderate degree of agreement for both oral and oropharyngeal cancers whereas clinical and radiological N showed a almost perfect degree of agreement.

Keywords: Cancer; Lymph node; Restrospective; Tongue; Tonsil.