Trends in the epidemiology of larynx and lung cancer in south-east England, 1985-2004.

Coupland VH, Chapman P, Linklater KM, Sehgal A, Møller H, Davies EA.
King's College London, Thames Cancer Registry, 42 Weston Street, London, SE1 3QD, UK. E-mail: victoria.coupland@kcl.ac.uk

British Journal of Cancer 2008 Nov 18.

We analysed data on 8987 larynx and 174060 lung cancer patients diagnosed between 1985 and 2004, of which 17.3% of larynx and 35.5% of lung cancers were in females. The age-standardised rates for each cancer declined in both sexes, but since the 1990s, the rates in females over 70 years of age have been diverging.

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