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Head and neck cancers represent roughly 3–5% of the total new cancer cases. In the United States 40,000 new cases are observed each year. The male-to-female ratio is 3:1. While head-and-neck tumors were primarily tumors of older males, a significant increase of the incidence has been observed in female and younger patients. Significant risk factors are nicotine and alcohol abuse. Characteristically, head and neck tumors often become occult for a long time either due to their primary localization of the tumor and/or due to a rather late consultation of a physician.
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Straehler-Pohl, HJ., Bender, H. (2000). Cancer of the Head and Neck. In: Bender, H., Palmedo, H., Biersack, HJ., Valk, P.E. (eds) Atlas of Clinical PET in Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59706-0_4
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