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Significant differences in demographic, clinical, and pathological features in relation to smoking and alcohol consumption among 1,633 head and neck cancer patients

Raquel Ajub Moysés; Rossana Veronica Mendoza López; Patrı́cia Maluf Cury; Sheila Aparecida Coelho Siqueira; Otávio Alberto Curioni; José Francisco de Góis Filho; David Livingstone Alves Figueiredo; Eloíza H. Tajara · 2013 · Clinics

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: As a lifestyle-related disease, social and cultural disparities may influence the features of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in different geographic regions. We describe demographic, clinical, and pathological aspects of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck according to the smoking and alcohol consumption habits of patients in a Brazilian cohort. METHODS: We prospectively analyzed the smoking and alcohol consumption habits of 1,633 patients enrolled in five São Paulo hospitals that participated in the Brazilian Head and Neck Genome Project - Gencapo. RESULTS: T

Abstract by Raquel Ajub Moysés; Rossana Veronica Mendoza López; Patrı́cia Maluf Cury; Sheila Aparecida Coelho Siqueira; Otávio Alberto Curioni; José Francisco de Góis Filho; David Livingstone Alves Figueiredo; Eloíza H. Tajara, Clinics (2013) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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