Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (16)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Boffetta, P.
Right arrow Articles by Terracini, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Boffetta, P.
Right arrow Articles by Terracini, B.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 145, No. 12: 1100-1105
Copyright © 1997 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

other

Prognostic Factors and Survival of Laryngeal Cancer Patients from Turin, Italy: A Population-based Study

Paolo Boffetta1,, Franco Merletti2, Fabrizio Faggiano3, Giuseppe Migliaretti2, Gilles Ferro1, Roberto Zanetti4 and Benedetto Terracini5

1Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer Lyon, France
2Department of MedicaJ Sciences, Novara Medical School No-vara, Italy
3Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
4Epidemiology Unit, Piedmont Cancer Registry Turin, Italy
5Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Turin Turin, Italy

Reprint requests to Dr. Paolo Boffetta, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon cedex 08, France.

Little information is available on the role of risk factors for cancer of the larynx in survival. This study analyzed survival through the end of 1994 for 355 cases of laryngeal cancer diagnosed among residents of Turin, Italy, during 1979–1982. Relative survival at 5 years was 75% in women and 67% in men. The role of clinical and etiologic factors was analyzed in detail among 222 male cases. The role of nodal involvement as a strong predictor of poor survival was confirmed. Patients of low socioeconomic status experienced poorer survival than other patients, as did heavy smokers. Alcohol drinking and diet did not seem to strongly influence survival. Survival in this series of laryngeal cancer cases closely parallels that observed in other case series from Europe. While the results regarding socioeconomic status, tobacco smoking, and alcohol drinking parallel those of the few previous studies available, this investigation did not confirm a role for diet in the survival of laryngeal cancer patients, a finding that was recently seen in another study from northern Italy. Am J Epidemiol 1997; 145: 1100-5.

alcohol drinking; diet; laryngeal neoplasms; smoking; survival


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JAMAHome page
N. E. Goldstein, E. Genden, and R. S. Morrison
Palliative Care for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: "I Would Like a Quick Return to a Normal Lifestyle"
JAMA, April 16, 2008; 299(15): 1818 - 1825.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann OncolHome page
L. M. Woods, B. Rachet, and M. P. Coleman
Origins of socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival: a review
Ann. Onc., January 1, 2006; 17(1): 5 - 19.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.