Hastaların Ağız Kanseri ve Ağız Kanseri Taramasında Kullanılan Bir Floresans Görüntüleme Yöntemi ile İlgili Bilgi ve Görüşleri

Volume: 17 Number: 2 May 2, 2014
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Abstract

Objectives: To assess dental patients’ oralcancer awareness, and attitudes and preferencestowards having a screening with a fluorescencevisualization device.Materials and Methods:In this crosssectional, descriptive study, a questionnaireconsisting of 20 questions was administered to 50dental patients aged eighteen and over. The firstpart of the questionnaire included questions aboutthe socio-demographic features of the patients; thecauses, signs and symptoms, diagnosis andtreatment of oral cancer. After informing all theparticipants about the method, patients whoaccepted to do so, were examined using thefluorescence visualization device. The second partof the questionnaire included questions on attituesand preferences towards oral cancer screening.Frequency distribution test was used in statisticalanalysis.Results: Fourty-four percent of the studyparticipants had never heard of oral cancer.Smoking was the most frequently identified causeand sore in the mouth was the most frequentlyidentified symptom. Only eight percent of the studyparticipants had heard of oral cancer screening witha fluorescence visualization device. Eighty-fourpercent of the participants accepted to have ascreening. Patients would accept to be scheduledfor follow-up (96%), or biopsy (84%) if a suspectedlesion is detected.Conclusions: Patients seem generally unawareof oral cancer and oral cancer screening butattitudes to screening were positive. We need to usethis information to increase oral cancer awarenessand to facilitate early detection.

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Turkish

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Publication Date

May 2, 2014

Submission Date

June 12, 2013

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Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 17 Number: 2

EndNote
Aydın Ü (May 1, 2014) Hastaların Ağız Kanseri ve Ağız Kanseri Taramasında Kullanılan Bir Floresans Görüntüleme Yöntemi ile İlgili Bilgi ve Görüşleri. Cumhuriyet Dental Journal 17 2 117–128.

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