Abstract

MELO, Allan Ulisses Carvalho de et al. Estimates'evaluation of mouth cancer incidence in Brazil and Sergipe (2000 - 2010). Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.1, pp. 65-70. ISSN 1677-3888.

The aim of this study was to analyze the estimated incidence of oral cancer in Brazil and Sergipe published by INCA between 2000 and 2010. It was verified the numbers of cases and crude incidence rates estimated for Brazil, Sergipe, and Aracaju comparing them with those of other Brazilian states and capitals. It was also observed the estimated incidence for other anatomic sites most affected by cancer. In Brazil, between 2000 and 2010, the oral cavity was one of the ten anatomic sites with the highest number of new cancer cases estimated always occupying the seventh position. In Sergipe there was a continuous increase in incidence estimates for 80 out of 160 new cases, with male preponderance (80% to 61.5%). Among the most incident cancers, except non-melanoma skin, oral cavity became, from 2005, one of five locations with the highest number of estimated cases, surpassing other sites such as colon and rectum, esophagus, stomach, melanoma or leukemia alone. The number of new cases of oral cancer estimated has increase each year in Brazil and Sergipe. There are still more cases among men, but the man: woman ratio is decreasing.

Keywords : Incidence; Mouth Neoplasms; Epidemiology; Mouth; Carcinoma.