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Oral cancer in puerto rico
Author(s) -
Fischman Stuart L.,
Martinez Isidro
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930090210
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , cancer incidence , incidence (geometry) , cancer registry , demography , physics , sociology , optics
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).