Epidemiology of oral-cavity and oropharyngeal carcinomas: controlling a tobacco epidemic while a human papillomavirus epidemic emerges
M Hashibe, EM Sturgis - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2013 - oto.theclinics.com
Each year in the world, approximately 264,000 cases of oral-cavity cancer and 136,000
cases of pharyngeal (including nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx) cancer are
diagnosed. 1 In the United States, 41,380 cases of oral-cavity and pharyngeal cancer are
expected to be diagnosed in 2013, and almost 8000 deaths will be attributed to these
diseases in 2013. 2 Unfortunately, a shortcoming common to many national and
international databases is that an accurate separation of head and neck cancer statistics into …
cases of pharyngeal (including nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx) cancer are
diagnosed. 1 In the United States, 41,380 cases of oral-cavity and pharyngeal cancer are
expected to be diagnosed in 2013, and almost 8000 deaths will be attributed to these
diseases in 2013. 2 Unfortunately, a shortcoming common to many national and
international databases is that an accurate separation of head and neck cancer statistics into …