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To describe trends in country and sex-specific incidence rates of head and neck cancer (HNC), focusing on changes across calendar periods.Sex and country specific rates of HNC were calculated for 1998–2002 and 1983–1987 using population-based registry data assembled by the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (CI5) data system for 83 registries representing 35 countries. HNCs were categorized into...
BACKGROUNDThe American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) collaborate annually to provide updates on cancer incidence and death rates and trends in these outcomes for the United States. This year's report includes the prevalence of comorbidity at the...
BACKGROUNDAlthough screening of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐positive individuals for anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN; a precursor of anal cancer) has been practiced in San Francisco among HIV health care providers since the early 1990s, to the authors' knowledge no study to date has focused on evaluating recent AIN trends.
METHODSCases of high‐grade AIN 3 and invasive anal cancer from...
Although overall cervical cancer incidence rates have decreased in both black and white women in the U.S. since the mid 1950s due to widespread screening, rates continue to be higher among blacks than among whites. However, whether this pattern differs by age is unknown.Cervical cancer cases (1975–2009, N=36,503) were obtained from nine Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program registries...
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