Detection of very early oral cancers in Puerto Rico

D.E. Morse, W.J. Psoter, T.D.L.T. Feliciano, G. Cruz and N. Figueroa

American Journal of Public Health, 2008, vol. 98, issue 7, 1200-1202

Abstract: We evaluated a possible disparity in the detection of very early oral cancers in Puerto Rico relative to the United States. The percentage of in situ (noninvasive) cases among all oral cancer cases was calculated separately for Puerto Rico and the United States using population-based cancer registry data (1992-2001). In situ cancers constituted 1.2% of oral cancer cases in Puerto Rico and 3.4% in the United States (P

Date: 2008
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