Open AccessThe role of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption in the differentiation of oral squamous cell carcinoma for the males in China
Author(s) -
Xinhua Wang,
Ji Xu,
Lijuan Wang,
Chao Liu,
Huiming Wang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.137981
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , basal cell , confidence interval , logistic regression , alcohol consumption , habit , cancer , alcohol , cigarette smoking , oncology , environmental health , biology , psychology , biochemistry , psychotherapist
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world and two-thirds of the OSCC occur in developing countries. Male and female have different smoking and drinking habit. However, there is little gender-specific risk study between OSCC and the habit of drinking and smoking in China.