Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Surgery, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2021 Dec;80(1):1894697. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2021.1894697.
The Faroese people constitute a geographically isolated population, and research on cancer in this population is sparse. Thus, this study aimed to calculate the age-standardised incidence rate (ASIR) and 5-year survival rates in head and neck cancers (HNC) in the Faroese population from 1985 to 2017. All patients registered with HNC in the Faroese Cancer Registry (FCR) from 1985 to 2017 were included. The ASIR per 100,000 (World Standard Population) and 5-year survival rates were calculated. We also calculated the distribution of tobacco, alcohol consumption, cancer stages and various timelines. 202 patients were included in the study (62% men). The ASIR for all HNC was 10.0/100,000 persons-years and was higher among men than women. Women's survival rate was significantly higher than men's (p = 0.026). The results imply that oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) had the best survival rate and was diagnosed at a significantly earlier stage. This retrospective nation-wide study showed that ASIRs and 5-year survival rates for Faroese HNC patients in general resembled the ones reported for Danish HNC patients. Timelines for Faroese HNC patients were shorter compared with Greenlandic HNC patients, but longer compared with the Danish fast track programme limits.
法罗群岛人是一个地理上孤立的人群，针对该人群癌症的研究很少。因此，本研究旨在计算 1985 年至 2017 年法罗群岛人群头颈部癌症（HNC）的年龄标准化发病率（ASIR）和 5 年生存率。所有在法罗群岛癌症登记处（FCR）登记的 HNC 患者均包括在内。计算了每 100,000 人（世界标准人口）的 ASIR 和 5 年生存率。我们还计算了烟草、酒精消费、癌症分期和各种时间线的分布情况。202 名患者纳入研究（62%为男性）。所有 HNC 的 ASIR 为 10.0/100,000 人年，男性高于女性。女性的生存率明显高于男性（p=0.026）。结果表明，口咽癌（OPC）的生存率最高，且诊断时处于更早的阶段。这项回顾性的全国性研究表明，法罗群岛 HNC 患者的 ASIR 和 5 年生存率与丹麦 HNC 患者的报告相似。与格陵兰 HNC 患者相比，法罗群岛 HNC 患者的时间线较短，但与丹麦快速通道计划的限制相比则较长。
