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Current theories for the development of nonsmoking and nondrinking laryngeal carcinoma.
Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery - 1 Apr 2003
Wight Richard, Paleri Vindih, Arullendran Puveendran
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The pivotal risk of smoking and alcohol in laryngeal cancer has meant that evidence for alternate cofactors has been indicative to date. A number of case series, however, contain a few patients who are life-long nondrinkers and nonsmokers and question what other cofactors may contribute. Gastroesophageal reflux disease makes a small but significant contribution to the causal development of laryngeal cancer;...
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