Cessation of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the reversal of head and neck cancer risk
Author(s) -
Manuela Marron,
Paolo Boffetta,
ZuoFeng Zhang,
Давид Заридзе,
V. Wunsch-Filho,
D. M Winn,
Qi Wei,
R. Talamini,
N. Szeszenia-Dabrowska,
E. M Sturgis,
Elaine Smith,
S. M Schwartz,
P. Rudnai,
Mark P. Purdue,
A. F Olshan,
José ElufNeto,
Joshua Muscat,
H. Morgenstern,
Ana Maria Baptista Menezes,
M. McClean,
E. Matos,
Ioan Nicolae Mateș,
Jolanta Lissowska,
Fabio Levi,
Philip Lazarus,
Carlo La Vecchia,
Sergio Koifman,
K. Kelsey,
R. Herrero,
Richard B. Hayes,
Silvia Franceschi,
L. Fernandez,
Eleonora Fabianova,
Alexander W. Daudt,
Luigino Dal Maso,
María Paula Curado,
G. Cadoni,
Chen X. Chen,
Xavier Castellsagué,
Stefania Boccia,
Simone Benhamou,
G. Ferro,
J. Berthiller,
Paul Brennan,
Henrik Møller,
Mia Hashibe
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyp291
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , tobacco use , smoking cessation , head and neck , environmental health , alcohol , cancer , oncology , surgery , pathology , population , biochemistry , chemistry
Quitting tobacco or alcohol use has been reported to reduce the head and neck cancer risk in previous studies. However, it is unclear how many years must pass following cessation of these habits before the risk is reduced, and whether the risk ultimately declines to the level of never smokers or never drinkers.
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