Burden of head and neck cancers in five East Asian countries from 1990 to 2023: Observation, comparison, and forecast from the global burden of disease study 2023

Yinghong Li; Mingjie Tang; Shiwei Li; Peipei Yang; Qiurong Li; Peng Shu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349297

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Burden of head and neck cancers in five East Asian countries from 1990 to 2023: Observation, comparison, and forecast from the global burden of disease study 2023

Yinghong Li ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

¶☯ Yinghong Li and Mingjie Tang contributed equally to this manuscript.

Affiliations Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Mingjie Tang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

¶☯ Yinghong Li and Mingjie Tang contributed equally to this manuscript.

Affiliation Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Shiwei Li,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Central South University, Changsha, China
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Peipei Yang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Qiurong Li,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliations Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Peng Shu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: SHUPENG321123@163.com

Affiliations Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6304-5236

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Burden of head and neck cancers in five East Asian countries from 1990 to 2023: Observation, comparison, and forecast from the global burden of disease study 2023

Yinghong Li,
Mingjie Tang,
Shiwei Li,
Peipei Yang,
Qiurong Li,
Peng Shu

Published: May 15, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349297

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