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Table 20.28
Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx (Invasive)
Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2012-2016
All Races, Both Sexes, by site
| Histologya | Oral Cavity and Pharynx |
Lip | Tongue | Salivary Gland | Floor of Mouth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | |
| Epidermoid carcinomab (8051-8131) | 63,339 | 85.4% | 3,814 | 94.3% | 22,466 | 97.7% | 1,766 | 21.6% | 3,088 | 95.8% |
| Squamous cell carcinoma (8070-8078,8083-8084) | 61,917 | 83.5% | 3,608 | 89.2% | 22,108 | 96.1% | 1,685 | 20.6% | 3,055 | 94.8% |
| Adenocarcinomac | 7,315 | 9.9% | 166 | 4.1% | 277 | 1.2% | 5,108 | 62.5% | 109 | 3.4% |
| Other specific carcinomas d | 673 | 0.9% | - | - | 65 | 0.3% | 414 | 5.1% | - | - |
| Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) | 1,948 | 2.6% | - | - | 104 | 0.5% | 550 | 6.7% | - | - |
| Sarcoma and soft tissuee | 233 | 0.3% | - | - | 34 | 0.1% | 53 | 0.6% | - | - |
| Other specific typesf | 413 | 0.6% | 36 | 0.9% | - | - | 205 | 2.5% | - | - |
| Unspecified (8000-8005) | 244 | 0.3% | - | - | 42 | 0.2% | 76 | 0.9% | - | - |
| Total | 74,166 | 100.0% | 4,044 | 100.0% | 23,000 | 100.0% | 8,172 | 100.0% | 3,224 | 100.0% |
Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2012-2016
All Races, Both Sexes, by site
| Histologya | Gum and Other Mouth |
Nasopharynx | Oropharynx and Tonsil |
Hypopharynx | Other Oral Cavity and Pharynx |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | |
| Epidermoid carcinomab (8051-8131) | 8,194 | 82.7% | 2,605 | 67.2% | 16,315 | 98.3% | 3,677 | 97.3% | 1,414 | 90.0% |
| Squamous cell carcinoma (8070-8078,8083-8084) | 7,805 | 78.8% | 2,454 | 63.3% | 16,150 | 97.3% | 3,648 | 96.5% | 1,404 | 89.4% |
| Adenocarcinomac | 1,400 | 14.1% | 122 | 3.1% | 86 | 0.5% | 21 | 0.6% | 26 | 1.7% |
| Other specific carcinomasd | 46 | 0.5% | 38 | 1.0% | 47 | 0.3% | 33 | 0.9% | 17 | 1.1% |
| Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) | 70 | 0.7% | 1,037 | 26.7% | 88 | 0.5% | 23 | 0.6% | 59 | 3.8% |
| Sarcoma and soft tissuee | 46 | 0.5% | 46 | 1.2% | 17 | 0.1% | 17 | 0.4% | - | - |
| Other specific typesf | 125 | 1.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unspecified (8000-8005) | 23 | 0.2% | 16 | 0.4% | 28 | 0.2% | - | - | 42 | 2.7% |
| Total | 9,905 | 100.0% | 3,878 | 100.0% | 16,592 | 100.0% | 3,780 | 100.0% | 1,571 | 100.0% |
Footnotes:
Source: SEER 21 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, Georgia excluding ATL/RG, Idaho, New York and Massachusetts). Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
a Excludes Kaposi Sarcoma, mesothelioma, lymphomas, leukemias, myelomas, lymphoreticular, and immunoproliferative diseases.
b Epidermoid carcinoma includes squamous, basal, and transitional cell carcinomas.
c Adenocarcinoma includes histologies 8050, 8140-8147, 8160-8162, 8180-8221, 8250-8507, 8514, 8520-8551, 8560, 8570-8574, 8576, 8940-8941.
d Other specific carcinomas includes histologies 8012-8015, 8030-8046, 8150-8155, 8170-8180, 8230-8249, 8508, 8510-8513, 8561-8562, 8575, 8580-8671
e Sarcoma and soft tissue includes histologies 8680-8713, 8800-8921, 8990-8991, 9040-9044, 9120-9136, 9150-9252, 9370-9373, 9540-9582.
f Other specific types includes histologies 8720-8790, 8930-8936, 8950-8983, 9060-9110, 9260-9365, 9380-9539.
- Statistic not shown due to fewer than 16 cases during the time period.
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