Tongue cancer in non-smoking and non-alcoholic mother and daughter

Tongue cancer is more prevalent in male smokers and alcoholics. Although an increased incidence of tongue cancer has been noted in non-smoking and non-alcoholic women, reports of its occurrence in mother and daughter are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of a non-smoking and non-alcoholic mothe...

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Published inOral oncology Vol. 152; p. 106779
Main Authors de Melo Cardoso, Diovana, Conrado Neto, Sebastião, Urbano Collado, Francisco, Furuse, Cristiane, Callestini, Renata, Bonetti Valente, Vitor, Ricardo Biasoli, Éder, Issamu Miyahara, Glauco, Galera Bernabé, Daniel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2024
Subjects
Cancer
Carcinoma cell squamous
Daughter
Familial risk
Family
Hereditary
Mother
Oral cancer
Oral cavity
Oral cavity
Oral cancer
Mother
Daughter
Family
Hereditary
Familial risk
Carcinoma cell squamous
Cancer
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Summary:Tongue cancer is more prevalent in male smokers and alcoholics. Although an increased incidence of tongue cancer has been noted in non-smoking and non-alcoholic women, reports of its occurrence in mother and daughter are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of a non-smoking and non-alcoholic mother and her daughter diagnosed and treated surgically for tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The daughter is still being monitored and the mother died from complications from COVID-19 after 6 years of treatment. This report shows that OSCC should be considered in the differential diagnosis of oral ulcerated lesions in non-smoking and non-alcoholic women, especially if there is a family history of first-degree oral cancer.
ISSN:1368-8375
1879-0593
DOI:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106779