Shu-Lin Chuang1, Cheng-Ping Wang2, Mu-Kuan Chen3, William Wang-Yu Su4, Chiu-Wen Su3, Sam Li-Sheng Chen5, Sherry Yueh-Hsia Chiu6, Jean Ching-Yuan Fann7, Amy Ming-Fang Yen8. 1. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 2. Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 3. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan. 4. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi General Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. 5. School of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 6. Department of Health Care Management and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 7. Department of Health Industry Management, College of Healthcare Management, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 8. School of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: amyyen@tmu.edu.tw.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the risk of malignant transformation to invasive oral cancer by subtypes of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) and to examine the independent effects of risk factors, particularly alcohol drinking, by subtype based on a nationwide oral cancer screening program targeting at general population with habits of smoking and/or betel quids chewing. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The total of 8501 subjects diagnosed as different subtypes of OPMDs from the Taiwanese screening program between 2004 and 2009 were followed up over time to ascertain the occurrence of invasive oral cancer. The hazard ratios of malignant transformation were estimated by using Cox proportional hazards regression model. RESULTS: The overall malignant rate (per 1000 person-years) to oral cancer was 8.4 (407 incident cases with an average of 5.7 years of follow-up). The highest rate was noted in exophytic verrucous hyperplasia (33), followed by erythroplakia (11.8), erythroleukoplakia (10.7), oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) (8.6), and leukoplakia (5.4). After adjusting for confounders, exophytic verrucous hyperplasia still had a 5.69 (4.47-7.24) times risk compared with leukoplakia. The corresponding figures for erythroplakia, erythroleukoplakia, and OSF were 2.25 (1.31-3.89), 2.00 (1.13-3.53), and 1.63 (1.29-2.06), respectively. Alcohol drinking elevated the overall risk of malignant transformation by 23% (1-52% and also triggered a higher risk in OSF (aHR = 1.62 (1.06-2.47)). The higher risk attributed to betel quids chewing was noted for exophytic verrucous hyperplasia (aHR = 4.23 (1.55-11.55)). CONCLUSIONS: The risk of malignant transformation to oral cancer varied with the subtypes of OPMD and was elevated in OSF and verrucous hyperplasia attributed to alcohol drinking and betel quids, respectively.
OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the risk of malignant transformation to invasive oral cancer by subtypes of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) and to examine the independent effects of risk factors, particularly alcohol drinking, by subtype based on a nationwide oral cancer screening program targeting at general population with habits of smoking and/or betel quids chewing. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The total of 8501 subjects diagnosed as different subtypes of OPMDs from the Taiwanese screening program between 2004 and 2009 were followed up over time to ascertain the occurrence of invasive oral cancer. The hazard ratios of malignant transformation were estimated by using Cox proportional hazards regression model. RESULTS: The overall malignant rate (per 1000 person-years) to oral cancer was 8.4 (407 incident cases with an average of 5.7 years of follow-up). The highest rate was noted in exophytic verrucous hyperplasia (33), followed by erythroplakia (11.8), erythroleukoplakia (10.7), oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) (8.6), and leukoplakia (5.4). After adjusting for confounders, exophytic verrucous hyperplasia still had a 5.69 (4.47-7.24) times risk compared with leukoplakia. The corresponding figures for erythroplakia, erythroleukoplakia, and OSF were 2.25 (1.31-3.89), 2.00 (1.13-3.53), and 1.63 (1.29-2.06), respectively. Alcohol drinking elevated the overall risk of malignant transformation by 23% (1-52% and also triggered a higher risk in OSF (aHR = 1.62 (1.06-2.47)). The higher risk attributed to betel quids chewing was noted for exophytic verrucous hyperplasia (aHR = 4.23 (1.55-11.55)). CONCLUSIONS: The risk of malignant transformation to oral cancer varied with the subtypes of OPMD and was elevated in OSF and verrucous hyperplasia attributed to alcohol drinking and betel quids, respectively.
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