ArticleBMC cancer2016
Health professionals and the early detection of head and neck cancers: a population-based study in a high incidence area.
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- Targeted Screening Strategies for Head and Neck Cancer: A Global Review of Evidence, Technologies, and Cost-Effectiveness.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- India Needs Its Own "Make Sense" - Educating the Public on Head and Neck Cancers.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Dentist Involvement in the Treatment of Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis-A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Head and Neck Cancer Management: The Experience of the Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department of a French Regional Referral Center in a High-Incidence Area.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Efficacy of different remineralizing agents on primary teeth exposed to therapeutic gamma radiation: An in vitro randomized control study.The Saudi dental journal · 2024Article
- Challenges in diagnosing head and neck cancer in primary health care.Annals of medicine · 2021Article
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- The Development of Psychiatric Services Providing an Alternative to Full-Time Hospitalization Is Associated with Shorter Length of Stay in French Public Psychiatry.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the context of early detection of head and neck cancers (HNC), the aim of this study was to describe how people sought medical consultation during the year prior to diagnosis and the impact on the stage of the cancer.
methodsPatients over 20 years old with a diagnosis of HNC in 2010 were included from four French cancer registries. The medical data were matched with data regarding uptake of healthcare issued from French National Health Insurance General Regime.
resultsIn 86.0 % of cases, patients had consulted a general practitioner (GP) and 21.1 % a dentist. Consulting a GP at least once during the year preceding diagnosis was unrelated to Charlson index, age, sex, département, quintile of deprivation of place of residence. Patients from the 'quite privileged', 'quite underprivileged' and 'underprivileged' quintiles consulted a dentist more frequently than those from the 'very underprivileged' quintile (p = 0.007). The stage was less advanced for patients who had consulted a GP (OR = 0.42 [0.18-0.99]) - with a dose-response effect.
conclusionsIn view of the frequency of consultations, the existence of a significant association between consultations and a localised stage at diagnosis and the absence of a socio-economic association, early detection of HNC by GPs would seem to be the most appropriate way.
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