Sentences with phrase «rate of an oral cancer»

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In Japan, the breast cancer rate is much lower than in the West, but so is the abortion rate, even in the absence of oral contraceptives.

And all of these differences in sexual behavior across age cohorts or generations do explain the differences that we see in oral HPV prevalence and in HPV - related oropharyngeal cancer across the generations and why the rate of this cancer is increasing...

But a 2008 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessment of the U.S.'s HPV - related cancer burden found that each year the virus also likely caused about: • 7,400 cases (some 60 percent) of oral cavity and oropharynx cancer (5,700 in men; 1,700 in women) • 3,000 cases of anal cancer (1,100 in men; 1,900 in women) • 2,300 cases of vulvar cancer • 800 cases (some 40 percent) of penile cancer • 600 cases of vaginal cancer During the course of the study period (1998 to 2003), the CDC found that the rates of HPV - associated oral cavity and oropharynx cancer steadily rose about 3 percent annually.

A new Cancer Research UK analysis reveals that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68 per cent1 in the UK over the last 20 Cancer Research UK analysis reveals that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68 per cent1 in the UK over the last 20 cancer have jumped by 68 per cent1 in the UK over the last 20 years.

But a promising finding is that we're seeing the gap narrow in the incidence rates between Appalachia and non-Appalachia since the 2007 analysis with the exception of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, larynx, lung and bronchus, and thyroid,» Wilson said.

Those who had oral cavity cancer and consumed greater amounts of total carbohydrates, total sugars and simple carbohydrates had higher mortality rates.

Their goal is to identify genetic - expression profiles that correlate with the development of oral cancer, a disease with a five - year survival rate of only about 50 percent.

But a major study conducted in 2002 linked oral hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with increased rates of breast cancer, stroke, and other dangerous disorders.

In a 2011 study published in BMJ Open, researchers suggested there might be a link between oral contraceptive use by women, and rising rates of prostate cancer (an estrogen - sensitive cancer) in men, due to the excess estrogen from women making its way into our drinking water.

Oral cancer is even more likely to result in death than breast, skin, or cervical cancer, with a mortality rate of about 50 % due to late detection.