Abstract:Purpose
Cancer of the mouth and oropharynx is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite new diagnostic and treatment technologies. The aim of this study was to describe a time series of oral and oropharyngeal cancer cases, as well as to evaluate risk factors for death and disease-specific survival (DSS).
Methods
This is a retrospective time series of cases diagnosed between 2017 and 2020 at a referral center in the state of Alagoas. Poisson regression with robust variance and disease-specific-surv… Show more
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