Epidemiology of cancer from the oral cavity and oropharynx

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 633-641

  Lambert, René ^a   Sauvaget, Catherine ^a   De Camargo Cancela, Marianna ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

alcohol; erythroleucoplakia; leukoplakia; oral cavity; oropharynx; papilloma virus; squamous cell carcinoma; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASIA; BETEL NUT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFESTYLE; MOUTH CANCER; NUTRITION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WART VIRUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79960698845     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283484795     Document Type: Review

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