Oral cancer in puerto rico
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 9 (2) , 163-169
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.2930090210
Abstract
All cancer cases diagnosed in Puerto Rico are analyzed and registered in the Central Cancer Registry. The incidence of oral cancer in Puerto Rico is fourth‐highest in the world. (In 1972 oral cancer accounted for 72% of all cancers in males in Puerto Rico.) A review of the data revealed important contrasts with reported statistics from the continental United States (e.g., 75.6% of the cases in Puerto Rico were initially treated by radiation, compared with 15.3% of the cases in Western New York State).Keywords
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