Differences in incidence and survival of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers between Germany and the United States depend on the HPV-association of the cancer site

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8707447	Oral Oncology	2018	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Strong survival differences between Germany and the US were observed for HPV-related OCPC in men, which might be explained by differences in HPV-attributable proportions. Close monitoring of the epidemiology of OCPC in each country is needed.

Keywords

AAPC DCO 95% CI Germany United States Incidence Survival Trend Oral cancer SEER 95% confidence interval Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Human papillomavirus HPV Death certificate only

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Medicine

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Differences in incidence and survival of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers between Germany and the United States depend on the HPV-association of the cancer site

Authors

L. Jansen, N. Buttmann-Schweiger, S. Listl, M. Ressing, B. Holleczek, A. Katalinic, S. Luttmann, K. Kraywinkel, H. Brenner, for the GEKID Cancer Survival Working Group for the GEKID Cancer Survival Working Group,