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PE squamous cell carcinoma affects men between 55-70 years of age. There is frequently a

history of chronic tobacco +/- alcohol consumption. Synchronous lesions within the upper

aerodigestive tract can be detected in ~10% patients as a result of field cancerization.

Plummer-Vinson syndrome is characterized by hypopharyngeal webs and iron deficiency anaemia.

This syndrome has is associated with a high incidence of post-cricoid carcinomas in Northern

European women who do not smoke.