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Incidence and pattern of second primary malignancies in patients with index oropharyngeal cancers versus index nonoropharyngeal head and neck cancers.
Cancer - 15 Jul 2013
Gan Samuel J, Dahlstrom Kristina R, Peck Brandon W, Caywood Wes, Li Guojun, Wei Qingyi, Zafereo Mark E, Sturgis Erich M
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BACKGROUND: A recent review of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry suggested that patients with index squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oropharynx (SCCOP) are less likely to develop second primary malignancies (SPM) than patients with index SCC of nonoropharyngeal sites (oral cavity, larynx, hypopharynx). The objectives of this study were to determine the impact of index primary tumor site...
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