Temporal trends in the incidence and survival of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in Ontario and the United States

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 125; no. 9; pp. 2159 - 2165
• Main Authors: Gupta, Shlok, Kong, Weidong, Peng, Yingwei, Miao, Qun, Mackillop, William J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.11.2009
• Subjects: cancer of the oropharynx; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; etiology; head and neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - epidemiology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology; Humans; Incidence; Ontario - epidemiology; Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - mortality; relative survival; Retrospective Studies; SEER Program; United States - epidemiology; United States; Ontario

The Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) databases were used to describe temporal trends in the incidence and survival of squamous cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) in Ontario and the US between 1984 and 2001. Between the 1984–86 and 1...