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Figure 1. Age distribution of head and neck cancers diagnosed
at autopsy. Grey: thyroid carcinoma, black: non-thyroid head and neck
carcinoma. x-axis: age group.
Figure 2. Causes of deaths of patients with non-thyroid adult
head and neck cancers diagnosed at autopsy from 2000 to 2017.