1、Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month Spotlight:an Overview of US Patient Distributions by Geography,Age,Race,Gender,and IncomeApril 2025White PaperBy Angelina Martella2April 2025Copyright 2025 Pharma Intelligence UK Limited,a Citeline company(Unauthorized photocopying prohibited.)Head and Neck Cance
2、r Awareness Month Spotlight:an Overview of US Patient Distributions by Geography,Age,Race,Gender,and IncomeHead and neck cancer(HNC)comprises various malignancies,most frequently originating in the squamous cells lining the oral cavity,pharynx,larynx,or nasal cavity,and less commonly in the non-squa
3、mous cells of the salivary glands,sinuses,or muscles/nerves in the head and neck.Smoking and alcohol consumption,advanced age,and infectious diseases like HPV are established risk factors for HNC.Per Datamonitor Healthcare,HNC was responsible for 3.7%of new US cancer cases in 2020,and the National C
4、ancer Institute estimated that of the 71,100 Americans diagnosed with the major types of HNC in 2024,16,110 would die from the condition.Figure 1 shows the HNC patient count heatmap for the 5,378 US organizations with HNC clinical trial experience that submitted medical claims in the last 24 months
5、for 247,280 patients.Of the 50 US states and the District of Columbia(DOC),California,Florida,and New York treated the most patients and accounted for 38%of total patients.The overwhelming majority of those treated by these institutions are adults,with children representing only 1%of this population
6、.Ohio,California,and New York contain 42%of pediatric patients,and 11 states have no organizations that have treated children for HNC in the last 24 months.National patient overviewFigure 1.HNC patient count heatmapOrganization and patient counts are based on identified sites in Sitetrove Source:Sit