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POPU ATION L
• First and subsequent malignant H&N cancers
diagnosed in adults up to the end of 2007 and followed
up until 31st December 2008
• 238,608 cases were contributed by 86 population-
based cancer registries (CRs) from 29 European
countries
• Sites:
tongue,
lingual tonsil and oral cavity,
oropharynx and tonsil nasopharynx hypopharynx and
,
,
larynx; (nasal cavities, thyroid and salivary glands
excluded)