Hypopharyngeal cancer incidence, treatment, and survival: Temporal trends in the United States
Kuo P, Chen MM, Decker RH, Yarbrough WG, Judson BL. Hypopharyngeal cancer incidence, treatment, and survival: Temporal trends in the United States. The Laryngoscope 2014, 124: 2064-2069. PMID: 25295351, DOI: 10.1002/lary.24651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAverage annual percent changeHypopharyngeal cancerPatient demographicsTreatment modalitiesDisease severityEnd Results (SEER) databaseRetrospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier analysisAnnual percent changeAdult patientsCohort studyOverall survivalWorse survivalImproved survivalResults databaseT stageTumor characteristicsCox regressionCancer incidenceMultivariate analysisPercent changeLaryngopharyngectomyCancerIncidenceTemporal trends