title: [Epidemiology of oral cavity cancers in France].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We had for objective to describe the updated epidemiology of oral cancers in France.
  
  
  METHODS
  Estimates made from data collected from various French cancer institutions. The distribution by topography, histology, regions, mean age, and specific incidence rates were calculated from the collected data. The survival data was taken from the Francim network studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately 7000 oral cavity cancers were diagnosed in France in 2005. In 2007, 1746 people died of that cancer. Standardized (world population) incidence rates are respectively, in men and women, 12.3 and 3.0 cases per 100,000 person-years. These cancers have significantly decreased in men: the standardized incidence rate decreased by 43.2% between 1980 and 2005. Among women, the trend is reversed with an increased incidence of 51.7% over the same period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In France, the incidence of oral cavity cancers has been strongly decreasing in men and strongly increasing in women. This trend should be compared to the frequency of the main risk factors: alcohol and tobacco.
authors: Registre général des cancers de Lille et de sa région, centre de référence régional en cancérologie, GRPS, parc Eurasanté, 235 avenue de la Recherche, Loos cedex, France. kligier@registrecancers59.fr
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