Thompson-Harvey A, Yetukuri M, Hansen AR, et al. - Researchers examined annual percent changes (APCs) in the incidence of late-stage head and neck cancer (HNC) over time, and determined the risk of late-stage HNC diagnosis based on race and gender. The current study cohort comprised 57,118 patients with stage IV HNC (median age: 61.9 years). The analysis revealed a significant increase in the age-adjusted incidence rates for stage IV HNC by 26.1% (6.11 per 100,000 person-years in 2004 to 7.70 per 100,000 person-years in 2015). Significant increases in incidence were observed among White and Asian/Pacific Islander/American Indian/Alaska Native patients (APC for white patients, 3.03 and APC for other races, 1.95), whereas rates among black patients remained stable but were highest across racial groups. Relative to females, males had a higher incidence.