Introduction: The incidence of Head & neck cancers in different populations are different. Knowing about the frequency of these lesions could be helpful in early diagnosis of these cancers and will reduce the associated complications. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of Head and neck (H&N) cancers in the Tehran cancer registry center (CRC) since 1999-2010.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was done by referring to the Tehran cancer registry center and recording head and neck cancers and related factors including age, sex, location and microscopic type of the lesion. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS16.
Results: Out of 419,794 registered cases as cancer in Tehran CRC, 37,382 (8.9%) cases were in head and neck region and 382,412 (91.1%) cases were in other parts of the body. Frequency of head and neck cancers were 61% in males and 39% in females. The most common lesions was BCC (37.3%) and SCC (22.9%) that were occurred in the skin of the eyelids(17%) and the highest incidence in the eight decade (27%) was observed. Incidence of cancers was increased each year.
Conclusion: About 9% of the cancers were involved in Head & neck region, and the frequency of the malignant cancers increased over the years and had positive correlation with aging.
