INSIDENSI KANKER KEPALA LEHER BERDASARKAN DIAGNOSIS PATOLOGI ANATOMI DI RS DR KARIADI SEMARANG PERIODE 1 JANUARI 2001 – 31 DESEMBER 2005

Abstract

Background: Every year in whole over the world, the incidence of head and neck cancer is over 500,000. In Indonesia, there is no accurate data and no including all types of head and neck cancer. This study is aimed to know incidence of all types of Head and Neck Cancer and the distribution trend based on sex and age Methods: It was descriptive retrospective research using secondary data from medical record of patients of head and neck cancers, diagnosed by Anatomic Pathology Laboratory of Kariadi Hospital-Medical Faculty Diponegoro University during January 1st,2001-December 31st,2005. Data recorded were anatomic pathology diagnosed that came fromm tissue biopsy or surgery, age & sex which were included clearly in medical record. The collected data were analysed by Microsoft Excel and presented descriptively. Result: There were 448 cases (250 men and 198 women) of head and neck cancers. Based on the cases, the nasopharyngeal cancers (112 cases or 25%) were the highest incidence and followed by lymphonodes neck cancers (111 cases or 25%). Based on age, the highest number of incidence was between 40-49 years old patients (109 cases or 25%) and followed by between 50-49 years old patients (97 cases or 21%). Conclusion: The number of head and neck cancer incidence examined by Anatomic Pathology Laboratory of Kariadi Hospital-Medical Faculty Diponegoro University during January 1st,2001-December 31st,2005 was 448 cases with nasopharyngeal cancer was the largest. The ratio of men and women was 5 to 4 and mostly happened between 40-49 years old. Key Words: Head and neck cancer, incidence, anatomical pathology, sex, age