Trends in the incidence of oral cancer in Nova Scotia from 1983 to 1997

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-212

  Howell, Robin E ^a   Wright, Bruce A ^b,c   Dewar, Ron ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Medical Imaging South Shore Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NEWBORN; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; INCIDENCE; LIP TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NOVA SCOTIA; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0038193769     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2003.49     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Binnie WH, Rankin KV. Epidemiology of oral cancer. In: Wright BA, Wright JM, Binnie WH, editors. Oral cancer: clinical and pathological considerations. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 1988.
2. Silverman S Jr. Epidemiology. In: Silverman S Jr, editor. Oral cancer, 2nd ed. New York: The American Cancer Society; 1985.
3. Chen JK, Katz RV, Krutchkoff DJ. Intraoral squamous cell carcinoma: epidemiologic patterns in Connecticut from 1935 to 1985. Cancer 1990;66:1288-96.
4. Chen JK, Eisenberg E, Krutchkoff DJ, Katz RV. Changing trends in oral cancer in the United States, 1935 to 1985: a Connecticut study. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1991;49:1152-8.
5. Cowan CG, Gregg TA, Kee F. Trends in the incidence of histologically diagnosed intra-oral squamous cell carcinoma in Northern Ireland, 1975-89. Br Dent J 1992;173:231-3.
6. Kari S, Alho OP, Jokinen K, Hyrynkangas K, Laara E. Carcinoma of the oral tongue in northern Finland: trends in overall incidence and patient and tumour characteristics. J Oral Pathol Med 1997;26:480-3.
7. Swango PA. Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in the United States: an epidemiologic overview. J Public Health Dent 1996;56:309-18.
8. Blot WJ, Devesa SS, McLaughlin JK, Fraumeni JF Jr. Oral and pharyngeal cancers. Cancer Surv 1994;20:23-42.
9. Gregg TA, Cowan CG, Kee F. Trends in the relative frequency of histologically diagnosed epithelial dysplasia and intra-oral carcinoma in Northern Ireland, 1975-1989. Br Dent J 1992;173:234-6.
10. Haas JF, Rahu M, Staneczek W. Time trends in cancer incidence in the German Democratic Republic 1968-1981. Neoplasma 1986;33:129-39.
11. La Vecchia C, Boyle P. Trends in the tobacco-related cancer epidemic in Europe. Cancer Detect Prev 1993;17:495-506.
12. La Vecchia C, Levi F, Lucchini F, Negri E. Boyle P. Trends in cancer mortality in the USSR, 1965-1990. Int J Cancer 1994;56:31-9.
13. Leinsalu M, Rahu M. Time trends in cancer mortality in Estonia, 1965-1989. Int J Cancer 1993;53:914-8.
14. MacFarlane GJ, Evstifeeva TV, Scully C, Boyle P. The descriptive epidemiology of pharyngeal cancer in Scotland. Eur J Epidemiol 1993;9:587-90.
15. Mork J, Glattre E. Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck in Norway, 1953-92: an epidemiologic study of a low-risk population. Cancer Causes Control 1998;9:37-48.
16. Mork J. Forty years of monitoring head and neck cancer in Norway - no good news. Anticancer Res 1998;18:3705-8.
17. Negri E, La Vecchia C, Levi F, Franceschi S, Serra-Majem L, Boyle P. Comparative descriptive epidemiology of oral and oesophageal cancers in Euope. Eur J Cancer Prev 1996;5:267-79.
18. Plesko I, Macfarlane GJ, Evstifeeva TV, Obsitnikova A, Kramarova E. Oral and pharyngeal cancer incidence in Slovakia 1968-1989. Int J Cancer 1994;56:481-6.
19. Plesko I, Obstinikova A, Vlasak V. Increasing occurrence of oropharyngeal cancers among males in Slovakia. Neoplasma 1997;44:77-83.
20. Hille JJ, Shear M, Sitas F. Age standardized incidence rates of oral cancer in South Africa, 1988-1991. J Dent Assoc S Afr 1996;51:771-6.
21. Cox B, Taylor K, Treasure E. Trends in oral cancer by subsite in New Zealand. Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol 1995;31B:113-7.
22. Newcomb PA, Carbone PP. The health consequences of smoking: cancer. Med Clin North Am 1992;76:305-31.
23. Swerdlow AJ, dos Santos Silva I, Reid A, Qiao Z, Brewster DH, Arrundale J. Trends in cancer incidence and mortality in Scotland: description and possible explanations. Br J Cancer 1998;77(Suppl 3):1-54.
24. Wingo PA, Ries LA, Giovino GA, Miller DS, Rosenberg HM, Shopland DR, et al. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973-1996, with a special section on lung cancer and tobacco smoking. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999;91:675-90.
25. Hindle I, Downer MC, Speight PM. The epidemiology of oral cancer. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1996;34:471-6.
26. Martin-Granizo R, Rodriguez-Campo F, Naval L, Diaz Gonzalez FJ. Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in patients younger than 40 years. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997;117:268-75.
27. Myers JN, Elkins T, Roberts D, Byers RM. Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in young adults: increasing incidence and factors that predict treatment outcomes. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000;122:44-51.
28. Wolgar J. A pathologist's view of oral cancer in the northwest. Br Dent Nurs J 1995;54:14-6.
29. Macfarlane GJ, Evstifeeva TV, Robertson C, Boyle P, Scully C. Trends of oral cancer mortality among females worldwide. Cancer Causes Control 1994;5:255-8.
30. Morse DE, Pendrys DG, Neely AL, Psoter WJ. Trends in the incidence of lip, oral, and pharyngeal cancer: Connecticut, 1935-94. Oral Oncol 1999;35:1-8.
31. Hindle I, Downer MC, Speight PM. The temporal and spatial epidemiology of lip cancer in England and Wales. Community Dent Health 2000;17:152-60.
32. Moore S, Johnson N, Pierce A, Wilson D. The epidemiology of lip cancer: a review of global incidence and aetiology. Oral Dis 1999;5:185-95.
33. Moore SR, Allister J, Roder D, Pierce AM, Wilson DF. Lip cancer in South Australia, 1977-1996. Pathology 2001;33:167-71.
34. Ostwald C, Gogacz P, Hillmann T, Schweder J, Gundlach K, Kundt G, et al. P53 mutational spectra are different between squamous-cell carcinomas of the lip and the oral cavity. Int J Cancer 2000;88:82-6.
35. Chen J, Katz RV, Krutchkoff DJ, Eisenberg E. Lip cancer: incidence trends in Connecticut, 1935-1985. Cancer 1992;70:2025-30.
36. Ries LA, Kosary CL, Hankey BF, Miller BA, Harras A, Edwards BK, editors. Seer cancer statistics review, 1973-1994, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute; 1997.
37. Canadian cancer statistics 1999. Toronto, Canada: National Cancer Institute of Canada; 1999.
38. de Visscher JG, Schaapveld M, Otte R, Visser O, van der Waal I. Epidemiology of cancer of the lip in the Netherlands. Oral Oncol 1998;34:421-6.
39. Devesa SS, Blot WJ, Fraumeni JF Jr. Cohort trends in mortality from oral, esophageal, and laryngeal cancers in the United States. Epidemiology 1990;1:116-21.
40. Bouquot JE. Common oral lesions found during a mass screening examination. J Am Dent Assoc 1986;112:50-7.
41. Bouquot JE, Gorlin RJ. Leukoplakia, lichen planus, and other oral keratoses in 23,616 white Americans over the age of 35 years. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1986;61:373-81.