Systemic levels of interleukin-6 in patients with age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent cause of irreversible vision loss in industrialized countries. Several studies have investigated systemic interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels of patients with AMD. In this study, we systemically reviewed the literature to provide an overview of the field and used meta-analyses to provide a summary estimate of the standardized mean difference (SMD) of systemic IL-6 between patients with AMD and control individuals.

The Copenhagen Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma database: protocol and report on establishing a comprehensive oral cavity cancer database.

Objective: The aim was to establish a large comprehensive database of patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) to enable surveillance and research of the disease.

Methods: All patients diagnosed and/or treated for OSCC at Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark in the period 2000-2014 were included. Rigshospitalet is a tertiary treatment center and covers the Eastern Denmark region, comprising nearly half of the approximately 5.

Incidence and survival of laryngeal cancer in Denmark: a nation-wide study from 1980 to 2014.

The purpose of this registry study was to evaluate trends in incidence and survival of laryngeal cancer in the Danish population from 1980 to 2014. This study includes all patients with laryngeal cancer registered in the Danish Cancer Registry (DCR) in the period 1980-2014. The age-adjusted incidence rate (AAIR) per 100,000 and average annual percent change (AAPC) were calculated.