Previous Page  48-49 / 2351 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 48-49 / 2351 Next Page
Page Background

RISK FACTORS

Worldwide, more than 500,000 cases of squamous

cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN)

1

were estimated in 2008

.

In Europe alone,

estimates reached 130,000 cases of oral cavity,

pharyngeal

and laryngeal cancers and over

,

,

60,000 deaths

2

.

18

1.

Ferlay J, et al. Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008. Int J Cancer 2010

2.

Ferlay J, et al. Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 2008. Eur J Cancer 2010