Oral cancer is one of the most common cancer and constitute a major public health problem. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the clinical profile of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma for gender, age, primary site and histological grading. Four hundred and five biopsy proven cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma were included in this study. It was conducted over a period of two years from Jan 2015 to Dec 2016 in the Department of Oncology Government Royapettah Hospital, Chennai.

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... he peak incidence was seen in forth and fifth decade of life with male to female ratio was about 2.6:1. Well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was assigned in 86.2% of cases and most common site of involvement was the lateral border of tongue.