Quantification of betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking in oral cancer patients

• Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 555 - 561
• Main Authors: Tsai, Kuo-Yang, Su, Che-Chun, Lin, Yo-Yu, Chung, Jian-An, Lian, Ie-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcohol use; Areca - adverse effects; betel quid; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - etiology; Female; Head & neck cancer; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms - epidemiology; Mouth Neoplasms - etiology; oral cavity cancer; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Risk factors; Sex Factors; Smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; Smoking - epidemiology; Taiwan - epidemiology; Young Adult; Taiwan

Background:  Betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking are two of the risk factors for some dental diseases as well as oral cavity cancer in Taiwan. The aim of the study was to quantify these factors in oral cavity cancer patients and compare the prevalence of these factors in patients and the genera...