Abstract

GRANELL NAVARRO, J.  and  PUIG RULLAN, A.. Registro de cáncer de cabeza y cuello: estudio prospectivo de incidencia a dos años. Oncología (Barc.) [online]. 2004, vol.27, n.1, pp.33-39. ISSN 0378-4835.

PURPOSE: To assess the incidence of head and neck cancer (HNC) in the Puertollano area, and to evaluate the quality of the HNC Registry. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational, longitudinal and prospective study of a two-year based HNC Registry for a reference population of 80,000 inhabitants was made. RESULTS: Forty-eight cases of HNC were diagnosed, corresponding to an annual incidence rate of 30/100,000. Most of the aerial and digestive tumors were epidermoid carcinomas, 11 were located in the oral cavity and oropharynx, and 21 in the larynx and hypopharynx, 7 were thyroid gland cancers, 2 parotid gland malignant tumors, and 7 lymphomas. CONCLUSIONS: It is remarkable the high incidence of laryngeal cancer (adjusted male rate 13.3). Cancer registry quality indicators were excellent.

Keywords : Cancer Registry; Head and neck cancer incidence.

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