title: Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aero-digestive tract in women.
abstract: Between 1970 and 1985, 95 women presenting carcinomas of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx, were treated at the Institut Jean-Godinot. Classification of these patients according to age shows a bimodal curve and the existence of two different populations. The main difference between groups appears to be the existence or not of tobacco intoxication. According to this criteria, the two groups of patients are statistically different in mean age (nonusers 16 years older than users, p less than 0.01) and in the site of the primary, with an excess of carcinomas of the oral cavity in the nonusers group (p less than 0.01). In contrast, no difference was found in the locoregional extension of the tumor (TNM), in the modalities and result of treatment or in the evolution and survival of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Institut Jean-Godinot, Reims, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Panis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Demange
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Froissart
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects