The use of tobacco-free betel-quid in conjunction with alcohol/tobacco impacts early-onset age and carcinoma distribution for upper aerodigestive tract cancer

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 684-692

  Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Lee, Ka Wo ^b   Fang, Fu Min ^c   Wu, Deng Chyang ^b   Shieh, Tien Yu ^a   Huang, Hsiao Ling ^a   Chen, Chung Ho ^a   Chen, Ping Ho ^a   Chen, Mu Kuan ^d   Kuo, Shou Jen ^d   Chang, Cheng Hsien ^a   Tsai, Yi Shan ^a   Chiang, Shang Lun ^a   Tu, Hung Pin ^a   Chen, Bai Hsiun ^b   Ko, Ying Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol; Betel quid; Tobacco; Upper aerodigestive cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ONSET AGE; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO; TOBACOO FREE BETEL QUID; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053488787     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2011.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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