Epidemiological Trends of Head and Neck Cancer: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past decades, lots of advance have occurred in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC). However, the contemporaneous incidence and survival trends, on the basis of population-based registry, have not been reported.

Methods

The HNC cancer cases were accessed from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. The incidence trend was analyzed by joinpoint analysis, with the survival trend being analyzed by period analysis of relative survival rate (RSR) and Kaplan-Meier analyses. Cox regression analysis was performed to identify the prognostic factors for overall survival.

Results

The general incidence trend of HNC increases slightly, with an average annual percentage change of 0.6%, along with five fl

SUBMITTER: Guo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294963 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature