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Laryngeal cancer survival in Zaragoza (Spain): a population-based study

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Abstract

Objective

This article aims to study larynx cancer survival from the Population-Based Cancer Registry of Zaragoza, Spain, for the period 1978–2002.

Methods

The survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. The automated calculation of the Catalan Institute of Oncology was utilised to obtain the relative survival.

Results

The observed survival rate was 84.6% in the first year and 60.9% in the fifth year. The one-year relative survival in both genders was 86.8% (CI 95%: 85.3–88.4) and 70.1% (CI 95%: 67.8–72.4) after five years. Glottic cancer presented a better survival rate than supraglottic and subglottic cancers, and a better survival rate was also observed in younger ages. There were no statistical differences when comparing survival rates by gender and between the periods 1978–1986, 1987–1994 and 1995–2002.

Conclusions

The data suggest there were no significant changes in laryngeal cancer survival in the province of Zaragoza in the period 1978–2002 and that the tumours located in the glottis presented a better prognosis.

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  1. Departamento de Microbiología, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Domingo Miral, s/n, ES-50005, Zaragoza, Spain

    Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza & María Milagros Bernal

  2. Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Islas Baleares, Spain

    Javier Jerez Roig

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Bezerra de Souza, D.L., Jerez Roig, J. & Bernal, M.M. Laryngeal cancer survival in Zaragoza (Spain): a population-based study. Clin Transl Oncol 14, 221–224 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-012-0787-1

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