head and neck neoplasms/nicotine

BACKGROUND Patients with head and neck cancer who continue to smoke after diagnosis and treatment are more likely than patients who quit to experience tumor recurrence and second primary malignancies. Therefore, information about patients' smoking status and the factors associated with continued

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of fear of recurrence (FOR) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and tobacco use among head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors. METHODS A cross-sectional subset of patients (N = 138) from a large, prospective study of oncologic outcomes in HNC was assessed for FOR,

Current studies suggesting that smokeless tobacco use increases the risk of head and neck cancer are hampered by small numbers. Consequently, there remains uncertainty in the magnitude and significance of this risk. We examined the relationship between smokeless tobacco use and head and neck

OBJECTIVE To examine the relative incidence of second primary carcinomas in patients who continued smoking compared with those who had ceased smoking. METHODS This is a retrospective study based on review of the Wake Forest University-Baptist Medical Center Tumor Registry for the years 1985 through

BACKGROUND Estimation of attributable fractions for tobacco and alcohol, and investigation of the association between body mass index (BMI) and head and neck cancer risk have largely been in case-control studies. These aspects and physical activity need to be assessed as possible head and neck

OBJECTIVE Examine the usefulness of large-scale community-based head and neck cancer screening for reducing tobacco use in an at-risk population. Questions answered: (1) Is participating in a community-based head and neck cancer screening related to a reduction in tobacco usage? (2) Do differing

BACKGROUND A behavioral phenotype that characterizes nicotine dependence, the time to first cigarette after waking, is hypothesized to increase the risk of head and neck cancer. METHODS A case-control study of histologically confirmed head and neck cancer was conducted that included 1055 cases and

We investigated the role of tobacco and alcohol consumption on the occurrence of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), and the joint effects of these factors with oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in the French West Indies, in the Caribbean. We conducted a population-based

Tobacco, alcohol, and human papillomavirus (HPV) are major risk factors for head and neck cancer (HNC), but it is unclear whether there are two distinct HNC risk groups, one associated with HPV and the other with tobacco/alcohol. Because HPV-positive HNC are clinically distinct from HPV-negative

Poland is the country in which the steady increase of falling ill and deaths of head and neck tumours has been observed in last 30 years. Larynx tumour occurs the most often among smoking people (inhaling the tobacco smoke) and the ones drinking alcohol habitually. As far as non-smokers and

A case-control study conducted from 1986 to 1989 using the Doubs Cancer Registry included 299 cases of head and neck cancer and 645 controls from the general population. The results provide an indicator of the respective roles of alcohol and tobacco in all these cancers and on the tumour site. The