Article
Oral cancer: Etiology and risk factors: A review.
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics - 1 Jan 2000
Kumar Malay, Nanavati Ronak, Modi Tapan G, Dobariya Chintan
Abstract excerpt
Oral cancer is the sixth most common malignancy in the world. Oral cancer is of major concern in Southeast Asia primarily because of the prevalent oral habits of betel quid chewing, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Despite recent advances in cancer diagnoses and therapies, the 5.year survival rate of oral cancer patients has remained at a dismal 50% in the last few decades. This paper is an overview of the...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Disease Susceptibility
- Environment
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Mouth Neoplasms
- Risk Factors
- Smoking