title: ENT cancer in the West Midlands region of England.
abstract: In the period 1978-1986, 2907 cases of ear, sinonasal and throat (ENT) cancers were registered in the computer data base of the West Midlands Cancer Registry, Birmingham. These cases have been examined by site and subsite in this article. Squamous cell carcinomas continue to dominate ENT cancer with notable male predominance. Histology, male/female ratios and time trend analysis are reported for this group of cancers.
authors.affiliation: East Birmingham Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wake
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors