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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Main Authors: Jos Hille, Newell W Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-08-01
Series:Translational Research in Oral Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2057178X17721094