Familial Aggregation of Head and Neck Cancer in Taiwan

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 131; no. 4; p. 806
• Main Authors: Padua, Paula Francezca, Lin, Chia-Chen, Chien, Hui-Tzu, Young, Chi-Kuan, Kuo, Chang-Fu, See, Lai-Chu, Luo, Shue-Fen, Huang, Lu-Hsiang, Huang, Shiang-Fu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Age of Onset; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Head and Neck Neoplasms - epidemiology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - genetics; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Taiwan - epidemiology; Taiwan; head and neck cancer; National Health Insurance (NHI) database; Familial aggregation
• ISSN: 1531-4995
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.28992

Head and neck cancer (HNC) incidence has been increasing worldwide. We investigated the familial aggregation of developing HNC if a first-degree relative (FDR) is affected in a large database. This retrospective study utilized Taiwan National Health Insurance Database to assemble a cohort of all reg...