Thompson-Harvey A, Yetukuri M, Hansen AR, et al. - Researchers sought to ascertain if the incidence of late-stage head and neck cancer (HNC) is decreasing. Further, they investigated the risk of late-stage HNC diagnosis based on race and gender. From the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2004-2015), they abstracted data from 57,118 patients (average age was 61.9 years) with stage IV HNC for the current study. The analysis revealed an increasing incidence of late-stage HNC in the United States, with male patients and black individuals faring the worst. The age-adjusted incidence rates for stage IV HNC significantly increased by 26.1% from 2004 to 2015.