한국인 구강악안면 영역의 전이 암종

Abstract

This article describes a pooled analysis of Korean individuals with 41 cases of metastatic oral tumors. The data on this review are based on the retrieved published case reports from the Korean dental and medical literature between the years 1983 and 2004. The mean age was 55.2 years and the male to female ratio was 1.9:1. There were more jawbone metastases than in oral soft tissues. Comparing with the western literatures which report the breast as the most common primary site, the most common primary site wasthe liver followed by the lung, and thyroid. The lung was the most common primary site for the jawbone metastases, whereas the liver was for the oral soft tissues. This discrepancy may caused by underestimation or exclusion ofthe jawbone in surveying for the breast tumor metastasis. Another reasonis that a relatively high incidence rate of hepatocellular carcinomaoccurs in Korean, especially in male.