Incidence of Tongue Carcinoma in a University Hospital Setting

The oral cavity that has been frequently exposed to various carcinogenic agents, tobacco, alcohol, betelnut, human papilloma virus and through the oral cavity, the digestive and respiratory tract is exposed to these agents.1 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are biologically heterogeneous groups of cancer. They are a major source of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide.2 Oral squamous cell Carcinoma comprises more than 90% of head and neck malignancies. When compared to other oral cancers, squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue has a high predisposition to produce metastasis in lymph nodes with an incidence rate of 1575% depending on the extension of the primary lesion.3