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Table 20.11

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

SEERa Relative Survival (Percent) by Cancer Site, 2007-2013

SEERa Relative Survival (Percent) by Survival Time, 2007-2013

Site Number of Cases Case Distribution(%) 1-Year Survival 2-Year Survival 3-Year Survival 4-Year Survival 5-Year Survival
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 55105 100 84.4 75.2 70.2 66.9 64.5
Lip 3241 6 98.0 94.9 93.0 91.3 89.6
Tongue 16324 30 85.2 75.3 70.6 67.7 65.5
Gum & Other Mouth 6689 12 81.1 71.2 66.0 62.4 59.1
Floor of Mouth 2596 5 79.6 67.3 61.3 56.9 53.2
Oropharynx & Tonsil 12661 23 86.7 78.9 74.2 70.9 68.7
Hypopharynx 2924 5 65.7 48.9 40.8 36.1 33.0
Salivary Gland 6089 11 88.6 81.0 76.3 73.5 71.9
Nasopharynx 3568 6 83.7 74.7 68.5 64.2 61.2
Other Oral Cavity & Pharynx 1013 2 66.4 55.3 49.8 45.3 42.1

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent), 2007-2013

Site All Races, Both Sexes All Stages
All Stages Localized Regional Distant Unstaged White Male White Female Black Male Black Female
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 64.5 83.7 64.2 38.5 47.9 65.4 67.4 45.1 54.7
Lip 89.6 93.2 56.1b 27.9b 82.7 89.7 90.1 - -
Tongue 65.5 79.8 66.3 38.8 49.4 67.6 65.8 43.0 41.3
Gum & Other Mouthd 59.1 - - - - 54.9 63.6 48.9 63.8
Floor of Mouth 53.2 78.1 38.8 20.5 39.1b 53.2 57.8 41.0 36.0b
Oropharynx & Tonsild 68.7 - - - - 71.7 67.3 48.4 44.8
Hypopharynxd 33.0 - - - - 36.1 33.3 19.8 22.3b
Salivary Gland 71.9 92.8 68.0 33.9 47.5 61.9 81.5 70.9 83.9
Nasopharynxd 61.2 - - - - 57.1 59.7 55.3 56.5b
Other Oral Cavity & Pharynxd 42.1 - - - - 47.5 40.0 28.3b 18.4b

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 2014.

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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