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Table 20.11

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

SEERa Relative Survival (Percent) by Cancer Site, 2006-2012

SEERa Relative Survival (Percent) by Survival Time, 2006-2012
Site Number of Cases Case Distribution(%) 1-Year Survival 2-Year Survival 3-Year Survival 4-Year Survival 5-Year Survival
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 53633 100 84.1 74.7 69.7 66.3 64.0
Lip 3183 6 97.7 94.5 92.6 90.7 89.2
Tongue 15857 30 84.6 74.6 69.6 66.7 64.8
Gum & Other Mouth 6636 12 81.2 71.0 65.9 62.1 59.2
Floor of Mouth 2621 5 80.0 67.3 61.0 56.3 52.4
Oropharynx & Tonsil 12076 23 86.1 77.9 73.2 70.0 67.7
Hypopharynx 2892 5 65.4 48.8 41.2 36.3 32.6
Salivary Gland 5985 11 88.5 81.3 76.8 73.8 72.5
Nasopharynx 3492 7 83.6 74.6 68.6 63.8 60.7
Other Oral Cavity & Pharynx 891 2 63.9 54.2 49.2 44.9 41.5
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent), 2006-2012
Site All Races, Both Sexes All Stages
All Stages Localized Regional Distant Unstaged White Male White Female Black Male Black Female
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 64.0 83.3 63.3 38.0 47.2 65.0 67.0 42.9 54.3
Lip 89.2 93.1 53.5b 26.8b 80.9 89.6 88.8 - -
Tongue 64.8 79.5 65.2 38.2 48.2 67.1 65.0 40.6 43.4
Gum & Other Mouthd 59.2 - - - - 55.7 63.4 48.6 59.3
Floor of Mouth 52.4 77.0 38.1 18.9 48.2b 52.7 56.1 34.7 41.9b
Oropharynx & Tonsild 67.7 - - - - 71.0 65.0 46.6 45.1
Hypopharynxd 32.6 - - - - 35.4 34.2 18.6 22.5b
Salivary Gland 72.5 93.0 68.1 35.6 49.6 62.7 82.6 67.5 82.7
Nasopharynxd 60.7 - - - - 56.6 61.7 51.7 54.5b
Other Oral Cavity & Pharynxd 41.5 - - - - 47.3 39.9 27.8b 16.1b

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 2013.

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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