CHARACTERISTICS OF ORAL CAVITY TUMOR PATIENTS AT DR WAHIDIN SUDIROHUSODO HOSPITAL MAKASSAR IN 2017-2019 CANGARA M. HUSNI, HASTUTI EKA HESTI, MISKAD A UPIK, NELWAN BERTI
DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY, MAKASSAR, INDONESIA
Abstract
A tumor is a group of abnormal cells that result from excessive and uncoordinated cell division. By nature, tumors are divided into benign and malignant tumors. Tumors can also occur in the oral cavity, which is one of the 10 most common cancer sites in the world. About three-quarters of cases involve people in developing countries include Indonesia. This study aims to determine the number and characteristics of patients with tumors of the oral cavity at Wahidin Sudirohusodo General Hospital, Makassar, Indonesia in 2017-2019. This study uses a retrospective descriptive method with secondary data from medical record in 2017-2019. In this study, there are totally 72 samples of patient with oral tumors. Most of patients were in the age group 60-69 years, male, no history of smoking and alcohol consumption, no family history of tumors or cancer, location on the tongue, malignant tumors, with squamous cell carcinoma for malignant tumors and Benign Vascular-lymphatic tumors for benign tumors, and many receive surgical therapy.
