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Term: Strongly-Smoking-Associated-Cancer Incidence

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2015-05-12

Definition:

Strongly-smoking-associated cancers include the following sites: esophagus, larynx, lung and bronchus, and oropharynx. See below for a list of ICD-O-3 (ICD-Oncology, version 3) codes used to identify specific cancer sites.

Cancer Site
ICD-O-3 Topography Axis ICD-O-3 Morphology Axis
Oropharynx
C100:C109
excluding 9590-9989
Esophagus
C150:C159
excluding 9590-9989
Larynx
C320:C329
excluding 9590-9989
Lung and bronchus
C340:C349
excluding 9590-9989

In Martens et al. (2015), the weighted incidence rate of strongly-smoking-associated cancers per 100,000 person-years was calculated for survey respondents aged 12 and older one, three, five, and 10 years after survey date.

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