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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.10.5087

Risk Factors for Oral Cancer in Northeast Thailand  

Loyha, Kulchaya (Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University)
Vatanasapt, Patravoot (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University)
Promthet, Supannee (Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University)
Parkin, Donald Maxwell (Clinical Trials Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.13, no.10, 2012 , pp. 5087-5090 More about this Journal
Abstract
Oral cancer is a common site of head and neck cancer, and is relatively frequent in Northeast Thailand. The objective of this hospital-based, case-control study was to determine associations with risk factors. A total of 104 oral cancer cases diagnosed between July 2010 and April 2011 in 3 hospitals were matched with control subjects by age, sex and hospital. Data were collected by personal interview. There were significant associations between oral cancer and tobacco smoking (OR=4.47; 95%CI=2.00 to 9.99), alcohol use among women (OR=4.16; 95%CI=1.70 to 10.69), and betel chewing (OR=9.01; 95%CI=3.83 to 21.22), and all three showed dose-response effects. Smoking is rare among Thai women (none of the control women were smokers), but betel chewing, especially among older women, is relatively common. We did not find any association between practicing oral sex and oral cancer.
Keywords
Oral cancer; risk factors; betel quid; tobacco; alcohol; northeast Thailand;
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