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Epidemiological aspects of lip cancer in Scotland
Author(s) -
Macfarlane Gary J.,
Boyle Peter,
Evstifeeva Tatiana,
Scully Crispian
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1993.tb00774.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , cancer , demography , cohort , cancer incidence , dentistry , physics , sociology , optics
– The purpose of this paper is to present the descriptive epidemiology of lip cancer in Scotland. The incidence and mortality of lip cancer are found to be higher in men than in women and to have fallen remarkably among men. This decline has been the result of cohort effects indicating that the risk of lip cancer is decreasing among successively younger people.