The burden of oral cancer in sub-Saharan Africa
Objectives: To describe incidence and mortality rates of oral and of oropharyngeal cancers in sub-Saharan Africa using available sources and to discuss shortcomings. Methods: Incidence and mortality rates were obtained from GLOBOCAN online (IARC 2012) and the pathology-based South African National C...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-08-01
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Series: | Translational Research in Oral Oncology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2057178X17721094 |