Recent changes in the epidemiology of head and neck cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Curado, Maria Paula ^a   Hashibe, Mia ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Incidence; Larynx; Mortality; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DIET; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; TONSIL CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67650376394     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32832a68ca     Document Type: Review

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