Oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma—an update

AC Chi, TA Day, BW Neville - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OC‐SCC) is
the most common malignancy of the head and neck (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer) …

Epidemiology of head and neck cancer

EM Rettig, G D'Souza - Surgical oncology clinics, 2015 - surgonc.theclinics.com
Head and neck cancer (HNC) encompasses a heterogeneous group of upper aerodigestive
tract malignancies that together comprise the seventh most common cancer worldwide, 1 …

Oral and periodontal implications of tobacco and nicotine products

BW Chaffee, ET Couch, MV Vora… - Periodontology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tobacco use contributes to more mortality and morbidity globally than any other behavioral
risk factor. Adverse effects do not spare the oral cavity, with many oral diseases more …

[HTML][HTML] Head and neck cancer prevention: from primary prevention to impact of clinicians on reducing burden

D Hashim, E Genden, M Posner, M Hashibe… - Annals of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Survival from head and neck cancers (HNCs) of the lip, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx has
increased by 10% over the past few decades. Little over half of patients who develop HNCs …

Sex differences in the prevalence of head and neck cancers: a 10-year follow-up study of 10 million healthy people

JO Park, IC Nam, CS Kim, SJ Park, DH Lee, HB Kim… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Males are much more susceptible to head and neck cancers than females
regardless of whether they drink alcohol or smoke tobacco. Sex differences in the incidence …

The synergistic effect of tobacco and alcohol consumption on oral squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FW Mello, G Melo, JJ Pasetto, CAB Silva… - Clinical oral …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives This systematic review (SR) aimed to summarise and critically appraise available
evidence about the association between the synergistic consumption of alcohol and tobacco …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol, DNA methylation, and cancer

M Varela-Rey, A Woodhoo… - Alcohol research …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is one of the most significant diseases associated with chronic alcohol consumption,
and chronic drinking is a strong risk factor for cancer, particularly of the upper aerodigestive …

Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer: chemotherapy

S Furness, AM Glenny, HV Worthington… - Cochrane Database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers are frequently described as part of a
group of oral cancers or head and neck cancer. Treatment of oral cavity cancer is generally …

Tobacco-, alcohol-, and drug-attributable deaths and their contribution to mortality disparities in a cohort of homeless adults in Boston

TP Baggett, Y Chang, DE Singer… - … Journal of Public …, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We quantified tobacco-, alcohol-, and drug-attributable deaths and their
contribution to mortality disparities among homeless adults. Methods. We ascertained …

Geographic heterogeneity in the prevalence of human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer

D Anantharaman, B Abedi‐Ardekani… - … journal of cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC),
although strongly divergent results have been reported regarding the prevalence of HPV16 …