title: Epidemiology and etiological factors of laryngeal cancer.
abstract: Laryngeal cancer is a malignancy that is relatively uncommon compared to carcinomas of all organs. It refers almost exclusively to squamous carcinomas, although the larynx may be a site for all kinds of neoplasms. The incidence has a high predominance in males, but the ratio male-to-female is decreasing. Cancer of the larynx is primarily a disease of the sixth and seventh decade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Cauwenberge
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dhooge
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ingels
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012737:Sex Factors; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications