2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

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 .

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

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