Gender influences subsite of origin of laryngeal carcinoma.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 117(7): 774-8, 1991 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-1863444
ABSTRACT
The relationship of gender to laryngeal cancer is not well understood. We analyzed 688 laryngeal cancers diagnosed in Kansas from 1980 through 1989 for sex differences in subsite distribution (glottis, supraglottis, subglottis, and laryngeal cartilage) as well as survival, histologic grade, and age at diagnosis. The ratio of glottic to supraglottic tumors was 22.121 in men and 0.561 in women, a highly significant difference. Survival in glottic tumors was significantly better than in supraglottic tumors, but survival was not significantly better for women than it was for men. Glottic tumors were significantly more likely than were supraglottic tumors to be of low-grade malignancy for all subjects and for male subjects alone, but not for female subjects alone. Women were younger at time of diagnosis than were men, but not significantly so. Gender is an important factor in the genesis of laryngeal cancer.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Laríngeas
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Glote
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Cartilagens Laríngeas
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Assunto da revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article