Monday 25 November 2013

Worldwide trends show oropharyngeal cancer rates increasing

NCI scientists report that the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer significantly increased during the period 1983-2002 among people in countries that are economically developed. The results of this study, by Anil K. Chaturvedi, Ph.D., Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, and his colleagues, appeared online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Chaturvedi AK, et al. Worldwide Trends in Incidence Rates for Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24248688

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