A Statistical Study on 435 Cases of Head and Neck Malignant Tumors during Last 5 Years

Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 33(2); 1990 > Article

Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1990;33(2): 339-48.

Haeng Jae Kim, MD, Young Chae Yu, MD, Chul Jin Yoo, MD, Jae Shik Cho, MD, and Chong Won Lee, MD

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Korea

과거 5년간에 발생한 두경부 악성종양 435례에 대한 통계적 고찰

김행재 · 유영채 · 유철진 · 조재식 · 이종원

전남대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

ABSTRACT

A statistical study on 435 cases of head and neck malignant tumors, which were confirmed histopathologically during last 5 years(1984-1988), was carried out to evaluate the incidence rate, age and sex distribution, and histopathological types. The results were as follows ; 1) All cases were 378 males and 57 females : Sex ratio was 6.6 : 1. 2) Age distribution showed a predilection for sixth and seventh decades(70.81%). 3) The most frequently encountered location of head and neck malignant tumors was the pharynx(148 cases, 34.02%), and next the larynx(142 cases, 32.64). 4) The most common histopathological type of head and neck cancer was squamous cell carcinoma(394 cases, 90.6%). 5) During last 5 years, about 87 cases of head and neck malignancies occurred annually in Kwangju Chonnam province.