“…The NCDB was queried from January 2004 through December 2017 to obtain cases of primary SpCC and SCC of the oral cavity, major salivary glands, sinonasal tract, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx (Tables S1 and S2). 1,27,34 Anatomic site and histology codes were identified with the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition, First Revision (ICD-O-3.1). Patient data available for abstraction included age at diagnosis, sex, race, Charlson-Deyo comorbidity score (CDCS), Human Papillomavirus (HPV) status, history of prior malignancy, primary site, subsite, primary tumor diameter, grade, clinical American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition group stage, clinical tumornodal-metastasis (cTNM) classification, use of definitive surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, and surgical margin status.…”