Oral cavity and pharynx cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1975-1998

To identify subgroups of oral cavity and pharynx (OCP) cancers that may be etiologically distinct, we evaluated age-adjusted incidence rates by histologic type, anatomical site, race, and sex using cases diagnosed during 1975-1998 in nine US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program...

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Published in:Oral oncology 2002-09, Vol.38 (6), p.610-617
Main Authors: CANTO, Maria Teresa, DEVESA, Susan S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology
African Americans
Biological and medical sciences
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Mouth Neoplasms - epidemiology
Mouth Neoplasms - ethnology
Mouth Neoplasms - pathology
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Pharyngeal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Pharyngeal Neoplasms - ethnology
Pharyngeal Neoplasms - pathology
Sarcoma, Kaposi - epidemiology
SEER Program
Sex Distribution
Tumors
United States - epidemiology
Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology
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Summary:To identify subgroups of oral cavity and pharynx (OCP) cancers that may be etiologically distinct, we evaluated age-adjusted incidence rates by histologic type, anatomical site, race, and sex using cases diagnosed during 1975-1998 in nine US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program registries. Male/female rate ratios were about one for adenocarcinoma (AC), three or more for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and undetermined for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Among males, black/white rate ratios exceeded two for cancers of the palate, tonsil, oropharynx, and pyriform sinus, and were less than one only for lip and salivary gland cancers. Among females, rates by race were similar for all oral sites except lip, but rates for each of the pharynx subsites were higher among blacks. Findings suggest that OCP cancers may be separated into SCC of the lip, SCC of the oral cavity, SCC of the pharynx, AC, and KS.
ISSN:1368-8375
1879-0593
DOI:10.1016/s1368-8375(01)00109-9