Characteristics of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients At The Otorhinolaryngology Polyclinic Of Ngoerah Hospital In 2023-2024

Abstrak

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer or malignancy that located in the nasopharyngeal epithelial cells and ranks as the fourth of the most common cancer in Indonesia, with non-specific early symptoms that often lead to delayed diagnosis. This retrospective cross-sectional descriptive aimed to determine the characteristics of NPC patients at Ngoerah Hospital Denpasar in 2023-2024. Using a total sampling technique on electronic medical records, 229 samples were obtained. The results showed that the patien were dominated by the male gender (73.4%) in the age range of 46-60 years (48.9%), and self-employed work (31.9%). Based on the risk factors, the majority of patients had no recorded history of smoking (68.6%) or family history of malignancy (93.4%). The most common histopathological type is Undifferentiated Carcinoma (92.6%). Most of the patients were diagnosed in the advanced stages, spesifically Stage IVA (40.2%) and IVB (35.8%), with the chief complaints were neck masses and headaches. It can be concluded that NPC patients at Ngoerah Hospital come from the adult age group (46-60 years) with male gender and from the self-employed group. The most common type of histopathology is undifferentiated carcinoma. The high percentage of patients presenting at an advanced stage with the chief complaints of neck masses and headaches indicates a delay in early diagnosis of NPC. The findings of this research are expected to be used as a baseline for the future research.