Trends in head and neck cancer incidence in relation to smoking prevalence

摘要: The trends in head and neck cancer incidence smoking prevalence are reviewed, discussing where such parallel but also how why they may not. In the U.S., public health efforts at tobacco control education have successfully reduced of cigarette smoking, resulting a lower cancer. Vigilance preventing use encouraging cessation should continue, expanded target particular ethnic socioeconomic groups. However, an unfortunate stagnation has been observed oropharyngeal likely reflects rising attribution this disease to oncogenic human papillomavirus, type 16 (HPV-16). For foreseeable future, trend with time effects vaccination adolescent young adult female population result viral hopefully To hasten reduction HPV-16 population, widespread males be considered.