Keywords
head and neck cancer, cancer, head and neck cancers, cancers, cancer in young adults, squamous cell carcinoma, carcinoma, young adults,
oral cancer, oral cancers, tongue cancer, tongue cancers, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, head and neck SCC, oropharyngeal
cancer, oropharyngeal cancers, tonsil cancer, tonsil cancers, human papillomavirus, HPV, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, SCC, HNSCC
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Author
Alexander Langerman, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals
Alexander Langerman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Head and Neck Society and Triological Society
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Coauthor(s)
Elizabeth A Blair, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
Elizabeth A Blair, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
American Head and Neck Society, American Medical Association, and Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons
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Ezra Cohen, MD, Assistant Professor, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Associate Director, Head and Neck Cancer Program, University
of Chicago
Ezra Cohen, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Cancer Research, American Head and Neck
Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada
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teaching
Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
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Medical Editor
Benoit J Gosselin, MD, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School; Director, Comprehensive Head and Neck
Oncology Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center; Staff Otolaryngologist, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dartmouth-
Hitchcock Medical Center
Benoit J Gosselin, MD, FRCSC is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Head and Neck Society, American Medical Association,
American Rhinologic Society, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, New Hampshire Medical Society, North American Skull Base Society, and Ontario Medical Association
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Karen Hall Calhoun, MD, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University
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American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons,
American Head and Neck Society, American Medical Association, American Rhinologic Society, Association for Research in Otolaryngology,
Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons, Southern Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, and Texas
Medical Association
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Christopher L Slack, MD, Otolaryngology-Facial Plastic Surgery, Private Practice, Associated Coastal ENT; Medical Director, Treasure Coast
Sleep Disorders
Christopher L Slack, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Facial Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and American Medical Association
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Chief Editor
Arlen D Meyers, MD, MBA, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Arlen D Meyers, MD, MBA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and American Head and Neck Society
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Acknowledgments
The authors and editors of eMedicine gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous coauthor, Nedra Helene Joyner, MD, FACS, to the development and writing
of this article.
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