Rising incidence of oral tongue cancer among white men and women in the United States, 1973–2012

Highlights • Oral tongue cancer incidence has increased in recent decades in the United States. • Increase has primarily occurred among young, white individuals. • Magnitude of increase has been similar across gender. • Rise in oral tongue and oropharyngeal cancer observed in similar birth cohorts....

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral oncology 2017-04, Vol.67, p.146-152
Hauptverfasser: Tota, Joseph E, Anderson, William F, Coffey, Charles, Califano, Joseph, Cozen, Wendy, Ferris, Robert L, St. John, Maie, Cohen, Ezra E.W, Chaturvedi, Anil K
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Oral tongue cancer incidence has increased in recent decades in the United States. • Increase has primarily occurred among young, white individuals. • Magnitude of increase has been similar across gender. • Rise in oral tongue and oropharyngeal cancer observed in similar birth cohorts.
ISSN:1368-8375
1879-0593
DOI:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.02.019