Incidence rates of tonsillar SCC vary considerably by sex, race and time in a way that cannot be explained by changes in tonsillectomy practices alone. Changes in environmental risk factors, including changes in smoking patterns and an increase in oral human papillomavirus infections, may have contributed.
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