Open AccessIncidence and mortality of laryngeal cancer in Zhejiang cancer registry, 2000–2011
Author(s) -
Huizhang Li,
Youqing Wang,
Chen Zhu,
Xianghui Wang,
Lingbin Du
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.168177
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer registry , incidence (geometry) , demography , population , cancer , epidemiology , cancer prevention , standardized mortality ratio , mortality rate , environmental health , surgery , physics , sociology , optics
Laryngeal cancer is the one of the most prevalent cancer of the upper respiratory tract. Aiming to get a better understanding of the epidemiological characteristics and trends of laryngeal cancer in Zhejiang cancer registry in China during 2000-2011, we used the standardized quality control and statistical methods to analyze the incidence and mortality that were vital for making decision about laryngeal cancer prevention and control.