Charles W LeHew|Darien Weatherspoon|Caryn E. Peterson|Abigail Goben|Karolina Reitmajer|Hervé Sroussi|Linda M. Kaste
The Health System and Policy Implications of Changing Epidemiology for Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers in the United States From 1995 to 2016
University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago
oral cavity oropharyngeal cancers typically grouped general term oral cancer yet incidence oropharyngeal cancers increasing united states incidence oral cavity cancers declined 2 distinct conflated groups oral cancers attributed different risk factors incidence survival trends examined across us population groups anatomical subsite disparities incidence survival sex raceethnicity subsite identified risk factors complex interactive fully identified cancer control research illustrates health disparities access care patient outcomes database supplemental searches yielded 433 articles published 1995 2016 characterizing aspects oral cancer epidemiology relating incidence survival risk disparities cancer control oral cavity cancer survival black men remains intractable burden although understanding oral cancer etiology improving application policy limited cancer control efforts diverse sporadic limited scope generally lacking success need stratification oral cavity cancersoropharyngeal cancers intervention epidemiologic research improved workforce capacity integrated care delivery identified important directions public health policy sustained multilevel campaigns modeled tobacco control success suggested