| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| Other Cancers: Oral Cancer |
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| Tobacco causes about 70% of the 30,000 cases of oral cancer each year in the US, |
| and is responsible for about 5600 of the 8000 yearly deaths from oral cancer. The |
| five-year survival rate is 53%. |
| JAMA, April 27, 1994, p. 1232 |
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| Tobacco use is the major risk factor for oral cancer. There were an estimated 29,600 |
| new cases and 7925 deaths in 1994. |
| Cancer Facts and Figures 1994 (American Cancer Society) |
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| The average smoker has a 14-fold higher risk of dying from cancer of the lung, throat, |
| or mouth; a 4-fold higher risk of dying from cancer of the esophagus; and twice the |
| risk of dying from bladder cancer. |
| JAMA, September 1, 1999, p. 914 |
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| Compared with the risk of nonsmoking nondrinkers, the relative risks for developing |
| mouth and throat cancer are 7 times greater for those who use tobacco, 6 times |
| greater for those who use alcohol, and 38 times greater for those who use both |
| tobacco and alcohol. |
| Alcohol Alert newsletter, January 1998 |
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| Year 2000 estimates for new cases of cancer of the larynx are 10,100, with 3900 |
| deaths. |
| CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, January-February 2000, pp. 12-13 |
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| About 92% of oral cancers in men and 61% in women are caused by smoking; the |
| risk for development of oral cancer compared to nonsmokers is 27-fold in men, and |
| six times more likely in women who smoke. |
| Cigarettes, p. 15 |
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