Risk of cancer from chronic sinusitis is low: research

Risk of cancer from chronic sinusitis is low: research
Chronic sinusitis plays only a minor role in the development of head and neck cancer (HNC), reveals a recent research.

(Read: Types and symptoms of sinusitis)
Most of this increased risk was limited to within one year of the chronic sinusitis diagnosis, as associations were largely reduced by one year or more after chronic sinusitis.

All the three HNC subtypes had cumulative incidence of less than 0.07 per cent eight years after chronic sinusitis diagnosis.

“The cumulative incidence of NPC, HPV-OPC, and NCPSC was less than 0.10 per cent after eight years of follow-up post a chronic sinusitis diagnosis,” Beachler said.

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