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 various …

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 association …

Background Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal squamous
cell carcinoma have high survival when treated with radiotherapy plus cisplatin. Whether …

The trends in head and neck cancer incidence and smoking prevalence are reviewed,
discussing where such trends parallel but also how and why they may not. In the US, public …

Although relatively uncommon, oropharyngeal cancers are increasing in incidence despite
declining prevalence of smoking and in direct opposition to a decreasing incidence of all …

Background Human papillomavirus-related (HPV+) oropharyngeal cancer is a rapidly emerging
disease with generally good prognosis. Many prognostic algorithms for oropharyngeal …

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx is increasing in incidence in epidemic proportion.
This site specific increase in incidence is due to an increase in human papillomavirus (…

Because reduced DNA repair capacity (phenotype) has been suggested as a risk factor for
squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), newly-identified DNA repair gene …

Although more common in developing countries, over 11,000 deaths will occur in the United
States from head and neck cancer in 2004. Squamous cell carcinomas account for the vast …

… Erich M Sturgis , Erich M Sturgis … index (BMI) at age 30 years (<18.5 kg/m 2 , 18.5 to <25
kg/m 2 , 25 to <30 kg/m 2 , ≥30 kg/m 2 ), status of involuntary tobacco smoking (never, ever) or …