Incidence and survival in oral and pharyngeal cancers in Finland and Sweden through half century.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx encompass a heterogeneous group of cancers for which known risk factors include smoking, alcohol consumption and human papilloma virus (HPV) infection but their influence is site-specific with HPV mainly influencing oropharyngeal cancer. Their incidence and survival rates are not well known over extended periods of time.

Patients/methods

Data were obtained for Finnish (FI) and Swedish (SE) patients from the Nordcan database recently updated through 2019. Age-adjusted incidence trends (FI from 1953, SE from 1960) and relative survival rates for years 1970 through 2019 were calculated.

Results

We observed a prominent increase in oral and oropharyngeal cancers in FI and SE men and women but the trend for oral cancer was i

SUBMITTER: Koskinen AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889707 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature