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Head and Neck Cancer Incidence Trends in Young Americans, 1973-1997, With a Special Analysis for Tongue Cancer
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2002 · Vol. 128(3) · pp. 268–268
Stimson P. Schantz✉(New York Eye and Ear Infirmary)Guo-Pei Yu
Abstract
A sharp increasing trend in tongue cancer in young Americans may be attributed to persons born after 1938. The reason for the increase is uncertain. Improved survival rates in young patients suggest the emergence of a distinct disease process that is apparent in white but not black populations.
Head and Neck Cancer StudiesGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchTongueMedicineIncidence (geometry)Head and neck cancerCancerConfidence intervalYoung adultEpidemiologyDemographyInternal medicine
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AdultAgedBlack or African AmericanFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedTongue NeoplasmsUnited StatesSurvival RateWhite People
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