Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3331970 | Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America | 2008 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess incidence and survival of human papillomavirus-related and unrelated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma sites from 15 European population-based cancer registries. This analysis was performed on 29,265 adult (aged approximately 15 years) cancer patients diagnosed in the period from 1988 to 2002. The human papillomavirus-unrelated cancer sites had an age-standardized incidence higher than the human papillomavirus-related cancer cases (3.8 versus 2.5/100,000 year). Incidence rates of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas increased more for human papillomavirus-related than unrelated cancer sites. Three-year survival rates improved more in human papillomavirus-related than unrelated cancer sites, and women had better rates of survival than men.
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Authors
Lisa MD, Giulia PhD, Gemma MD, Maria-José MD, PhD, Franco MD, EUROCARE Working Group EUROCARE Working Group,