Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Non-Hispanics Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics in the USA

BACKGROUND: In the American region, Puerto Rico (PR) has the highest incidence of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC), but racial/ethnic differences have never been assessed and compared with other groups in the United States of America (USA). We compared the age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates...

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Autores principales: Suárez, Erick, Calo, William A, Hernández, Eduardo Y, Diaz, Elba C, Figueroa, Nayda R, Ortiz, Ana P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19400958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-9-129

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