Head and neck cancer in a Korean hospital.
Struggling against head and neck cancer in southwest Korea is a challenging experience. In Korea cancers of this anatomic area comprise 13.6% of cancers in men and 9.5% of those in women, a relative incidence higher than that in the United States. Efforts to institute contemporary therapeutic criteria and techniques at a mission hospital are described.
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007723:Korea; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States