The Clinical, Epidemiological and Treatment Characteristics of Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Summary

The aim of our study is to prospectively collect information regarding (1) the demographic, lifestyle-related and clinical characteristics of patients with head and neck cancer and (2) the waiting times to diagnosis and therapy, and the 1-, 3- and 5-year survival of patients. We plan to gain insight into the characteristics and pathways of head and neck cancer patients in Baranya County, which can in turn help to identify factors that lead to improved or worse disease outcomes. (Thus, these factors can subsequently eliminated or lessened to improve the outcome of head and neck cancer patients. )

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients 18 years or over presenting with head and neck cancer (with morphology of squamocellular carcinoma), who are subsequently given one of the following ICD-10 codes: Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14), Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32) and for whom this is their first cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria and patients who meet the inclusion criteria but for whom this is a second or recurrent cancer (they already have an "ICD-C" code) are excluded from the study

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