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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| | Other Cancers: Oral Cancer |
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| | Tobacco causes about 70% of the 30,000 cases of oral cancer each year in the US, |
| | and is responsible for about 5600 of the 8000 yearly deaths from oral cancer. The |
| | five-year survival rate is 53%. |
| | JAMA, April 27, 1994, p. 1232 |
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| | Tobacco use is the major risk factor for oral cancer. There were an estimated 29,600 |
| | new cases and 7925 deaths in 1994. |
| | Cancer Facts and Figures 1994 (American Cancer Society) |
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| | The average smoker has a 14-fold higher risk of dying from cancer of the lung, throat, |
| | or mouth; a 4-fold higher risk of dying from cancer of the esophagus; and twice the |
| | risk of dying from bladder cancer. |
| | JAMA, September 1, 1999, p. 914 |
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| | Compared with the risk of nonsmoking nondrinkers, the relative risks for developing |
| | mouth and throat cancer are 7 times greater for those who use tobacco, 6 times |
| | greater for those who use alcohol, and 38 times greater for those who use both |
| | tobacco and alcohol. |
| | Alcohol Alert newsletter, January 1998 |
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| | Year 2000 estimates for new cases of cancer of the larynx are 10,100, with 3900 |
| | deaths. |
| | CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, January-February 2000, pp. 12-13 |
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| | About 92% of oral cancers in men and 61% in women are caused by smoking; the |
| | risk for development of oral cancer compared to nonsmokers is 27-fold in men, and |
| | six times more likely in women who smoke. |
| | Cigarettes, p. 15 |
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