Healthy life expectancy of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients aged 75years and older.

Objectives: Healthy life expectancy, an extension of the concept of life expectancy, is a summary measure of population health that takes into account the mortality and morbidity of a population. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively analyze the self-reliance survival times of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and twelve patients aged 75years or older with primary OSCC were included and examined at Shinshu University Hospital.