Epidemiology of oral, salivary gland and pharyngeal cancer in children and adolescents between 1970 and 2011

Oral and pharyngeal cancer is one of the most diagnosed cancers worldwide [1], and is usually diagnosed in those 40–70years of age (Y) [2]. In the United States (US), the rates of diagnosis of oral and pharyngeal cancer in children and adolescents (0–19Y) between 2007 and 2011, ranged from negligible 0.0/100 000 in 0–4Y to 0.5/100 000 in 15–19Y [3]. Similarly, between 1970 and 2006 in Israel, the proportion of all oral, salivary gland and pharyngeal cancer (OSPC) cases was the lowest in children and adolescents (2.7%, N=317) [4].

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