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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-two salivary gland neoplasms were diagnosed in Greenland 1955--1974. Twenty-five cases were malignant of which 92 per cent were an undifferentiated carcinoma, histologically identical to malignant lymphoepithelial lesion. Age adjusted incidence rates for salivary gland carcinomas 1965--1974 were among the highest on record, significantly higher than in Denmark. Prognosis was poor with a 5-year determinate survival rate of 14 per cent. The majority of previously reported malignant lymphoepithelial lesions of salivary glands have occurred in Arctic dwellers in Alaska and Northern Canda. Virus infection and/or dietary deficiencies may be etiological factors. In the present study secondary nasopharyngeal carcinoma could not always be excluded.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0365-4184
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence of salivary gland neoplasms in Greenland with special reference to an anaplastic carcinoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article