Lower mortality from nasopharyngeal cancer in the Netherlands since 1970 with differential incidence trends in histopathology

Oral Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-243

  Arnold, Melina ^a   Wildeman, Maarten A ^b   Visser, Otto ^c   Karim Kos, Henrike E ^a   Middeldorp, Jaap M ^d,e   Fles, Renske ^b   Bing Tan, I ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Cancer Registry and Research   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; EBV; Emigration and immigration; Histology; Incidence; Mortality; Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Netherlands; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873411618     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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