1990 Volume 1990 Issue Supplement37 Pages 242-250
Between Jan.1979 and Dec.1988,517 cases of head and neck malignancies were treated in our department. There were 473 cases of epithelial malignancies (mostly squamous cell carcinoma),37 cases of non-epithelial malignancies,3 cases of malignant histiocytosis and 4 cases of malignant melanoma. The variety of sites included laryngeal cancer (140 cases), thyroid cancer (117 cases), oral cancer (70 cases), pharyngeal cancer (65cases), nasoparanasal cancer (59 cases), malignant lymphoma (50 cases) and others. Their patients were divided into 311 males and 206 females and most patients were in their 60's.
Since 1984, the number of patients with thyroid cancer has increased gradually. It was peculiar that thyroid cancer was being treated actively.
Sex and age distributions, and the staging of those patients were analyzed according to site.
