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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
.
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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