Data show "alarming" rise in oral cancers among people in their 40s

doi:10.1136/bmj.b3293

Published 12 August 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3293
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3293

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Data show "alarming" rise in oral cancers among people in their 40s

Zosia Kmietowicz

¹ London

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The incidence of oral cancers, such as cancers of the mouth,tongue, and lip, in the United Kingdom has risen by around aquarter in the past decade among people in their 40s, new figuresshow.

The data, from Cancer Research UK, show that from 1996 to 2006the annual number of cases of oral cancer in men in their 40srose from 2470 to 3540 (equivalent after adjustment for populationchange and annual fluctuation to a rise in incidence of 25%),while that of women in their 40s rose from 1352 to 1785 (equivalentto a rise of 24%).

In men and women of all ages rates of oral cancer have risenby more than 45% since records began in 1975.

Each year in the UK around 5000 new cases of oral cancer arediagnosed and around 1800 people die from the disease. However,if it is caught early, . . . [Full text of this article]

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