Abstract
Thirty-nine patients (22 males, 17 females) under 40 years old with head and neck cancer were treated at Kyushu University Hospital during 2004–2013. Oral cancer was observed in 17 patients, nasopahryngeal cancer in 6 patients, salivary gland cancer in 6 patients, sinonasal cancer in 5 patients, mesopharyngeal cancer in 2 patients, and laryngeal cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer and primary unknown cancer in 1 patient each.
The three-year survival rate was 56.3% for young adult patients with oral tongue cancer, and was 71.6% for patients over 40 years old. The 3-year survival rate was 83.3% for young adult patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, and was 86.3% for patients over 40 years old. There were no significant differences between age group and survival rate. The clinical appearance, stage, treatment and survival rate are discussed.
