[Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancers]

Antoine Dubray-Vautrin; Stanislas Ballivet de Régloix; Angélique Girod; Thomas Jouffroy; Joseph Rodriguez

doi:10.1016/j.soin.2015.07.002

[Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancers]

Soins. 2015 Sep:(798):32-5. doi: 10.1016/j.soin.2015.07.002.

[Article in French]

Authors

Antoine Dubray-Vautrin¹, Stanislas Ballivet de Régloix¹, Angélique Girod¹, Thomas Jouffroy¹, Joseph Rodriguez²

Affiliations

¹ Service de chirurgie oncologique ORL et cervico-faciale, Institut Curie, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.
² Service de chirurgie oncologique ORL et cervico-faciale, Institut Curie, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: Jose.rodriguez@curie.fr.

PMID: 26369742
DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2015.07.002

Abstract

Cancers of the upper aerodigestive tracts are the fourth most common cancer in France. The main risk factors are smoking and alcohol. They do not necessarily present specific signs, making their early diagnosis difficult. A change in the patient's general condition is a late sign leading to a poor prognosis of the disease.

Keywords: alcohol; alcool; cancer; chemotherapy; chimiothérapie; chirurgie; facteur de risque; radiotherapy; radiothérapie; risk factor; surgery; tabac; tobacco; upper aerodigestive tract; voie aérodigestive supérieure.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Female
France / epidemiology
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / epidemiology
Head and Neck Neoplasms / therapy*
Humans
Male
Risk Factors