Head and neck cancers in Australia

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Release Date: 11 Jun 2014
Author: AIHW
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Head and neck cancers in Australia presents the latest available information on incidence, mortality, survival and hospitalisations and also describes risk factors that can contribute to a person developing head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer is a term used to describe a range of cancers that occur in the throat (pharynx and larynx), nose, sinuses and mouth.

ISSN: 1039-3307
ISBN: 978-1-74249-573-6
Cat. no: CAN 80
Pages: 59

Findings from this report:

3,896 head and neck cancers were diagnosed in 2009, accounting for 3.4% of all cancers diagnosed (114,137)
In 2011, there were 944 deaths from head and neck cancers, accounting for 2.2% of all deaths from cancer (43,221)
In 2006–2010, 5–year relative survival was 68% for all head and neck cancers combined
There were 12,609 head and neck cancer-related hospitalisations in 2011–12 (1.4% of cancer-related hospitalisations)

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Summary
  - Incidence
  - Mortality
  - Survival
  - Hospitalisations
Body section
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Facts about head and neck cancers
- 4 Incidence of head and neck cancers
  - Incidence of head and neck cancers combined
  - Incidence of head and neck cancer groups
  - Incidence rates of head and neck cancer groups
- 5 Mortality from head and neck cancers
  - Number of deaths from head and neck cancers combined
  - Number of deaths in head and neck cancer groups
  - Mortality rates for head and neck cancer groups
- 6 Survival from head and neck cancers
  - Survival for head and neck cancers combined
  - Survival for head and neck cancer groups
- 7 Hospitalisations for head and neck cancers
  - Hospitalisations for head and neck cancers combined
  - Hospitalisations for head and neck cancer groups
  - Number of hospitalisations involving surgery
  - Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for head and neck cancers
  - Hospitalisation rates for head and neck cancer groups
  - Surgery rates for head and neck cancers
  - Chemotherapy and radiotherapy rates for head and neck cancers
- 8 Spotlight on the human papillomavirus and head and neck cancer
  - What is human papilloma virus?
  - HPV and head and neck cancer
  - HPV and the Australian National Immunisation Program
- 9 Discussion
End matter
- Appendix A
  - Defining head and neck cancers
- Appendix B
  - Australian Cancer Database 2009 Data Quality Statement
- Tables
- Glossary
- References
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Related publications

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