Mortality rates for pharynx and mouth cancers have decreased, with greater declines among patients with more education

Death rates have declined among US patients with cancer of the mouth and pharynx from 1993 to 2007, with the greatest decreases seen among men and women with at least 12 years of education, according to a report in the November issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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