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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| | Other Cancers: Esophageal, stomach, and small intestinal |
| | cancers |
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| | Of the 10,200 deaths from cancer of the esophagus in 1993, about 80 percent were |
| | attributable to cigarette smoking. |
| | NEJM, March 31, 1994, p. 909 |
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| | The combination of smoking and drinking can boost the risk of esophageal cancer by |
| | more than 100 times. |
| | Reuters, August 9, 1999 |
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| | Smoking is a major risk factor for esophageal and gastric cardia (stomach) |
| | adenocarcinomas, accounting for about 40% of all cases. The risk of these cancers |
| | was increased 2.4-fold in current cigarette smokers, with little reduction in risk |
| | observed until 30 years after smoking cessation. The risk rose with increasing |
| | intensity and duration of smoking. The risks for developing squamous cell carcinoma |
| | of the esophagus were estimated to be more than five times higher among current |
| | smokers, 2.8 times higher among ex-smokers, and more than three times higher |
| | among liquor drinkers. The lag between smoking onset and the development of these |
| | cancers is extremely long; it may exceed 30 years. |
| | Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 3, 1997, pp. 1248 and 1277-84 |
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| | Male smokers in China have a 3.6-fold increased risk for esophageal cancer, and a |
| | 2-fold increase in liver cancer, the latter independent of alcohol consumption. |
| | JAMA, November 12, 1997, p. 1501 |
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| | In a study from the University of Southern California reported in the International |
| | Journal of Cancer, smoking tripled the risk of small intestinal cancer in men. |
| | Reuters Medical News, March 7, 1997 |
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