Updated racial disparities in incidence, clinicopathological features and prognosis of hypopharyngeal squamous carcinoma in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was to determine the racial disparities in incidence, clinicopathological features and prognosis of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC) in the US.

Methods

The National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was used to determine racial disparity in age adjusted incidence rate (AAIR) of HPSCC and its temporal trend during 2004-2019. Using the separate SEER 17 database, we further evaluated racial disparity in clinicopathological features, and in prognosis using Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard models.

Results

HPSCC accounted for 95.8% of all hypopharyngeal cancers and occurred much more frequently in males. Its incidence decreased in both male and females, in male non-H

SUBMITTER: Liang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019746 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature