title: Trends in head and neck cancers in Peru between 1987 and 2008: Experience from a large public cancer hospital in Lima.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies have evaluated the trends in head and neck cancer in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to estimate trends in incidence of human papillomavirus-related (HPV-R) and HPV-unrelated (HPV-U) head and neck cancer in Lima, Peru, from 1987 to 2008.
  
  
  METHODS
  Registry data from a single public cancer hospital were used to estimate age and sex-specific incidence rates. Annualized percent change was estimated using Poisson regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of total head and neck cancers, HPV-U, and HPV-R was 11.9, 10.9, and 0.8, respectively, per 100,000 person-years. Significant increases in HPV-U head and neck cancer were observed in men aged 30 to 44 (2.5%/year) and women 15 to 29 (4.2%/year), 30 to 44 (3.4%/year), and 60 to 74 (2.0%/year). Significant increases in HPV-R head and neck cancer were observed only among men aged 45 to 59 (9.6%/year).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although increased exposure to tobacco, occupational carcinogens, and changing sexual behaviors could be influencing these trends, additional analyses to assess generalizability of these findings to other regions of Peru are needed.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Leora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vidaurre
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Ebert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poquioma
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olaechea
authors.forename: Patti E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Gravitt
authors.forename: Morgan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marks
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HPV; Peru; South America; head and neck cancer; incidence