Global Epidemiology of Head and Neck Cancers: A Continuing Challenge

Oncology (Switzerland)

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-23

  Gupta, Bhawna ^a   Johnson, Newell W ^a   Kumar, Narinder ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Military Hospital Kirkee   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Head and neck cancer; Incidence and mortality; Oral cancer; Projected burden; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARIBBEAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; MELANESIA; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; TONSIL CANCER; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; CANCER REGISTRY; COST OF ILLNESS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEER PROGRAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84979534533     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000446117     Document Type: Review

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