Background: The magnitude of risk conferred by the interaction between tobacco and
alcohol use on the risk of head and neck cancers is not clear because studies have used …

Background At least 75% of head and neck cancers are attributable to a combination of
cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking. A precise understanding of the independent …

Aims: To quantify the magnitude of the association between alcohol and oral and
pharyngeal cancer (OPC) by sex, smoking habits, type of alcoholic beverage and other …

Evidence for the human carcinogenic effects of alcohol consumption on the risk of cancers of
the oral cavity and pharynx has been considered sufficient in the International Agency for …

Background Prospective data on alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and risk of head-
neck cancer (HNC) subtypes, ie oral cavity cancer (OCC), oro-/hypopharyngeal cancer …

Background Alcohol is a well-established risk factor for head and neck cancer (HNC). This
study aims to explore the effect of alcohol intensity and duration, as joint continuous …

To compare the separate and combined effects of alcohol drinking and smoking between
the 2 sites, we evaluated 274 men with oral cancer, 364 with pharyngeal cancer and 1,254 …

Although cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption increase risk for head and neck
cancers, there have been few attempts to model risks quantitatively and to formally evaluate …

Oral and pharyngeal cancer (OC) mortality is very low in Greece, especially among men,
compared to other European countries. We conducted a case-control study of OC in Athens …

Cigar and pipe smoking are considered risk factors for head and neck cancers, but the
magnitude of effect estimates for these products has been imprecisely estimated. By using …