Tobacco-related carcinogenesis in head and neck cancer

AR Jethwa, SS Khariwala - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2017 - Springer
Head and neck cancer (head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)) is a devastating
disease. Patients require intensive treatment that is often disfiguring and debilitating. Those …

Alcohol and head and neck cancer

D Kawakita, K Matsuo - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2017 - Springer
In this article, we reviewed the association between alcohol drinking and head and neck
cancer (HNC) and its subsites, using the available literature. Alcohol drinking is an …

Cancer incidence in Spain, 2015

J Galceran, A Ameijide, M Carulla, A Mateos… - Clinical and …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Periodic cancer incidence estimates of Spain from all existing population-based
cancer registries at any given time are required. The objective of this study was to present …

ALDH2 polymorphism and alcohol-related cancers in Asians: a public health perspective

JS Chang, JR Hsiao, CH Chen - Journal of biomedical science, 2017 - Springer
The occurrence of more than 200 diseases, including cancer, can be attributed to alcohol
drinking. The global cancer deaths attributed to alcohol-consumption rose from 243,000 in …

Geographic heterogeneity in the prevalence of human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer

D Anantharaman, B Abedi‐Ardekani… - … journal of cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC),
although strongly divergent results have been reported regarding the prevalence of HPV16 …

Alterations in oral bacterial communities are associated with risk factors for oral and oropharyngeal cancer

D Börnigen, B Ren, R Pickard, J Li, E Ozer… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Oral squamous cell carcinomas are a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and tobacco
usage, alcohol consumption, and poor oral hygiene are established risk factors. To date, no …

[HTML][HTML] PD-L1: a novel prognostic biomarker in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

T Müller, M Braun, D Dietrich, S Aktekin, S Höft… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The PD-1 receptor and its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 are known to be
significantly involved in T-cell regulation. Recent studies suggest that PD-L1 expression in …

Mucosal Melanoma: new insights and therapeutic options for a unique and aggressive disease.

BA Lerner, LA Stewart, DP Horowitz… - Oncology …, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
Mucosal melanoma is a rare disease that is distinct from melanomas arising at other sites in
the body. While melanocytes are most abundant in the skin, they can be found in smaller …

Head and neck cancer incidence trends in Taiwan, 1980~ 2014

WL Hsu, KJ Yu, CJ Chiang, TC Chen… - Int J Head Neck …, 2017 - airitilibrary.com
Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) has become a burden in Taiwan especially with
oral cancer becoming one of the highest incidence in the world. In this study, we evaluated …

Body mass index and prognosis in patients with head and neck cancer

RR Gama, Y Song, Q Zhang, MC Brown, J Wang… - Head & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Body mass index (BMI) has been associated variably with head and neck
cancer outcomes. We evaluated the association between BMI at either diagnosis or at early …