Rising trends in oral and oro-pharyngeal cancers in Portugal

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Accordingly to a recently published article there is a rising trend of oral and oro-pharyngeal cancer incidence in Portugal between 1998 and 2007.

Monteiro LS, Antunes L, Bento MJ, Warnakulasuriya S (2013): Incidence rates and trends of lip, oral and oro-pharyngeal cancers in Portugal.. In: J Oral Pathol Med, 42 (4), pp. 345–351.DOI: 10.1111/jop.12010.

For more information on the publication, please contact:

Luís Silva Monteiro, PhD, MSc, DDS, Department of Medicine and Oral Surgery, Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde – Norte, Rua Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra PRD, Portugal. Tel: +351919120226, Fax: +351224157102, E-mail: lmonteiro_md@hotmail.com