title: Oral and pharyngeal cancer in women.
abstract: Although in the United States the incidence of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) has been significantly higher in men than in women, the identification of human papilloma virus as a risk factor for OPC has focused new scrutiny on who may develop OPC. One surprising element is that non-Hispanic white women have a higher incidence of OPC than of cervical cancer. OPC is thus a woman's disease, and diligence is needed to ensure that the occurrence of OPC in women does not go undetected by their oral health care providers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York, NY 10032, USA. az2256@mail.cumc.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Athanasios I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Zavras
authors.forename: Priyaa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: Deepthi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Therese A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dolecek
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kaste
mesh_terms: D052685:Alphapapillomavirus; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health