ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2015
Tonsillectomy and Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer: Implications for Research and Prevention.
Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- HPV-Related Oropharynx Cancer in the United Kingdom: An Evolution in the Understanding of Disease Etiology.Cancer research · 2016Article
- Tonsillectomy and Incidence of Oropharyngeal Cancers.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2016Article
- Previous tonsillectomy modifies odds of tonsil and base of tongue cancer.British journal of cancer · 2016Article
- Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus-Positive Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2015Review
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Abstract
The association of tonsillectomy, a common surgical procedure involving the removal of a majority of the palatine tonsillar tissue, with risk of tonsil cancer specifically or oropharyngeal cancers overall is not known. In this issue of Cancer Prevention Research, Fakhry and colleagues conduct an analysis within the Danish Cancer Registry and show that tonsillectomies were associated with significantly reduced risk of tonsil cancer, but were unrelated to risk of base of tongue cancers. This editorial discusses the implications of the results by Fakhry and colleagues for key prevailing questions in the field related to risk, rising incidence, secondary prevention, and treatment of oropharyngeal cancers.
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