Incidence, treatment, and outcome of parotid carcinoma, 1996–2011: a population-based study in Thuringia, Germany

Purpose The objective of this study was to examine patterns of care and survival in a population-based sample of patients with parotid cancer who were treated in Thuringia, a federal state in Germany, between 1996 and 2011. Methods Data of 295 patients with primary parotid cancer from the Thuringian cancer registry were evaluated for patient’s characteristics, tumor stage, incidence, and trends in treatment, cancer-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS). Results Stages IV tumors and the amount of tumors in all age cohorts ≥45 years of age increased significantly during the observation period ( p = 0.002; age all p