Oral cancer survival in young people in South East England

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Oral Oncology, Volume 43, Issue 10
November 2007, Pages 982-986

Oral cancer survival in young people in South East England
Saman Warnakulasuriy a, Vivian Mak, b and Henrik Màller, b
a- Department of Oral Medicine, KingÌs College Dental Institute at GuyÌs, KingÌs and St ThomasÌ Hospitals, WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Precancer, Denmark Hill Campus, Caldecot Road, London SE5 9RW, UK
b- Thames Cancer Registry, KingÌs College London, UK
Received 9 October 2006; accepted 26 November 2006. Available online 12 March 2007.

Summary
The incidence rate of oral cancer among young people in the UK has been increasing since 1970s. The objective of this study was to compare relative survival of young people (under 45 years of age) diagnosed with oral cancer with that of older people (45 years and older) resident in South East England. Between 1986 and 2002, 5 year relative survival was higher among young people compared with the older group, suggesting age was a strong independent predictor of survival. Apart from age other independent predictors of survival included stage, treatment and affluence but residence was not a significant predictor of survival in either age group. For the young age group (0Ò44 years) mean relative survival for the period under study was relatively constant but consistently higher in younger women than in younger men.