Head and neck cancer in the betel quid chewing area: Recent advances in molecular carcinogenesis

Cancer Science

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1507-1514

  Chen, Yin Ju ^a   Chang, Joseph Tung Chieh ^a,b   Liao, Chun Ta ^a,b   Wang, Hung Ming ^a,b   Yen, Tzu Chen ^a,b   Chiu, Ching Chi ^a   Lu, Ya Ching ^a   Li, Hsiao Fang ^a   Cheng, Ann Joy ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARECA NUT EXTRACT; ARECOLINE; BETEL EXTRACT; CARCINOGEN; CYCLIN D1; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHAVICOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN MDM2; SAFROLE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HABIT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 49749121765     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00863.x     Document Type: Review

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