Incidence of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers by anatomical sites in population-based registries in Puerto Rico and the United States of America

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• Alternative Title:
  P R Health Sci J
• Personal Author:
  Suárez, Erick ; González, Lorena ; Díaz-Toro, Elba C. ; Calo, William A. ; Bermúdez, Francisco ; Ortiz, Ana P.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Puerto Rico’s (PR) epidemiological data on each oral cavity and pharynx cancer (OCPC) site is yet largely unexplored. Our aim was to compare OCPC incidence in PR, by anatomical site, with that of non-Hispanic whites (NHW), non-Hispanic blacks (NHB), and Hispanic (USH) individuals in the USA.
  
  Methods
  
  Data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program and the PR Central Cancer Registry were collected and analyzed. Age-standardized rates, percent changes, and standardized rate ratios were estimated with 95% confidence intervals.
  
  Results
  
  Although declining incidence rates were observed for most anatomical sites in most racial/ethnic groups and in both sexes, the incidence of oropharynx cancers, slightly increased for cancers in the oropharynx among PR women, both in the base of tongue and soft palate/other oropharynx (p>0.05). The incidence of soft palate/other oropharynx cancers in PR men was about 2.8 times higher than in USH men (p<0.05) and about 1.4 times higher than in NHW men but 21% lower than in NHB men (p>0.05). Significant interactions terms formed with racial/ethnic group and age were shown in various sites. The largest differences between sexes were consistently noted in PR.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Further research in PR should assess the effect of the HPV infection, as well as of other risk factors, in OCPC incidence by anatomical site in younger populations. These data could explain more precisely the reasons for the differences observed in this study, particularly among sexes in PR.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Alphapapillomavirus Black People Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Mouth Neoplasms Palatal Neoplasms Papillomavirus Infections Pharyngeal Neoplasms Puerto Rico Registries SEER Program Tongue Neoplasms Tonsillar Neoplasms United States White People

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• Keywords:
  Oral Cavity And Pharyngeal Cancer SEER Trends
• Source:
  P R Health Sci J. 32(4):175-181
• Pubmed ID:
  24397214
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4994517
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1U58DP000782-04/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 RR026139/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD007587/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 8U54MD007587-03/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U58 DP000782/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; G12 RR003051/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R25 CA057712/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CA096300/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; G12 MD007600/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54CA96297/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54CA96300/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P20 RR011126/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54RR026139-01A1/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CA096297/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:77f538977ff3165872cf67b731f776ecb3001733c9d25441ea3b47d1b788eed8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41005/cdc_41005_DS1.pdf
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