Atchison KM, Pham TM, Sikdar KC, et al. - Via this retrospective database review, researchers assessed whether there has been a decrease in premature mortality attributed to head and neck cancers as well as their subtypes in the Canadian population between 1980 and 2010. Using the World Health Organization's mortality database, experts extracted mortality data for head and neck cancers. As per Canadian life tables, years of life lost (YLL) was computed. A novel measure, average lifespan shortened, was computed as a ratio of YLL over the expected lifespan. According to the findings, premature mortality attributed to head and neck cancers in Canada seemed to be improved modestly over a 30‐year span, with the exception of oral cancers in men. Experts also reported that shifts in premature mortality varied slightly by cancer subtypes.