Childhood Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (08/28/2018)

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Histology

Added text to state that a retrospective study of the National Cancer Database identified 159 patients younger than 20 years with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Of these tumors, 55% originated in the oral cavity, and patients with laryngeal tumors had a better survival rate than did those who presented with oral cavity primary tumors (cited Modh et al. as reference 7).

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