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Table 20.11

Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx by Subsite (Invasive)

SEERa Relative Survival (Percent) by Cancer Site, 2005-2011

SEERa Relative Survival (Percent) by Survival Time, 2005-2011
Site Number of Cases Case Distribution(%) 1-Year Survival 2-Year Survival 3-Year Survival 4-Year Survival 5-Year Survival
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 52240 100 83.7 74.2 69.2 65.7 63.2
Lip 3158 6 98.2 94.6 92.6 91.1 90.2
Tongue 15237 29 84.0 73.6 68.5 65.4 63.4
Gum & Other Mouth 6529 12 81.2 71.3 65.9 62.4 59.6
Floor of Mouth 2650 5 79.7 67.5 60.3 55.3 50.5
Oropharynx & Tonsil 11531 22 85.6 77.1 72.4 69.1 66.8
Hypopharynx 2905 6 65.4 48.6 41.5 36.7 32.2
Salivary Gland 5896 11 88.7 81.6 77.5 74.1 72.7
Nasopharynx 3464 7 83.4 74.5 68.3 63.8 59.6
Other Oral Cavity & Pharynx 870 2 61.5 51.7 47.4 44.6 39.3
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent), 2005-2011
Site All Races, Both Sexes All Stages
All Stages Localized Regional Distant Unstaged White Male White Female Black Male Black Female
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 63.2 83.0 61.5 37.7 47.9 64.4 65.9 40.5 53.3
Lip 90.2 94.3 51.9b 38.8b 78.0 90.8 88.2 - -
Tongue 63.4 78.4 63.4 36.3 52.1 65.7 64.0 36.8 41.0
Gum & Other Mouthd 59.6 - - - - 56.9 62.9 46.5 60.6
Floor of Mouth 50.5 75.4 36.1 16.9 41.7b 49.8 56.7 32.6 40.8b
Oropharynx & Tonsild 66.8 - - - - 70.4 63.3 45.2 40.8
Hypopharynxd 32.2 - - - - 35.3 34.5 15.7 27.3b
Salivary Gland 72.7 93.2 66.4 37.9 53.9 64.0 82.5 66.4 81.4
Nasopharynxd 59.6 - - - - 56.3 57.0 50.5 57.6b
Other Oral Cavity & Pharynxd 39.3 - - - - 46.1 35.1 25.4b 15.3b

Footnotes:

a SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Based on follow-up of patients into 2012.

b The standard error is between 5 and 10 percentage points.

c The standard error is greater than 10 percentage points.

d Survival by stage was not calculated for this site due to inconsistent coding of stage over time.

- Statistic could not be calculated due to fewer than 25 cases during the time period.

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