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Trends in Incidence of Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx — United States 2007–2016
- Source :
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control MMWR Office, 2020.
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Abstract
- Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx account for 3% of cancers diagnosed in the United States* each year. Cancers at these sites can differ anatomically and histologically and might have different causal factors, such as tobacco use, alcohol use, and infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) (1). Incidence of combined oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers declined during the 1980s but began to increase around 1999 (2,3). Because tobacco use has declined in the United States, accompanied by a decrease in incidence of many tobacco-related cancers, researchers have suggested that the increase in oral cavity and pharynx cancers might be attributed to anatomic sites with specific cell types in which HPV DNA is often found (4,5). U.S. Cancer Statistics† data were analyzed to examine trends in incidence of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx by anatomic site, sex, race/ethnicity, and age group. During 2007-2016, incidence rates increased for cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx combined, base of tongue, anterior tongue, gum, tonsil, oropharynx, and other oral cavity and pharynx. Incidence rates declined for cancers of the lip, floor of mouth, soft palate and uvula, hard palate, hypopharynx, and nasopharynx, and were stable for cancers of the cheek and other mouth and salivary gland. Ongoing implementation of proven population-based strategies to prevent tobacco use initiation, promote smoking cessation, reduce excessive alcohol use, and increase HPV vaccination rates might help prevent cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Epidemiology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Population
01 natural sciences
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
stomatognathic system
Health Information Management
Risk Factors
Tongue
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Full Report
030212 general & internal medicine
0101 mathematics
education
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
Soft palate
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
010102 general mathematics
Pharynx
Pharyngeal Neoplasms
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Cheek
Dermatology
United States
stomatognathic diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Tonsil
Female
Mouth Neoplasms
Hard palate
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1545861X and 01492195
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....18a517aba2f9e646f22366beaf3decc0