| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 8 Other Cancers |
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| Other Cancers: Colon Cancer |
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| Adenomatous polyps are precursors of colon and rectal cancer. Current smokers |
| increase their risk for developing these polyps by 2.6 fold. For smokers who drink as |
| well, the excess risk is 4.2 times. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, February 15, 1995, p. 274 |
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| Cigarette smoking is a strong risk factor for anogenital cancer. |
| American Journal of Epidemiology 135:180, 1992 |
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| The risk of anal cancer is high among premenopausal women who smoke (odds ratio |
| 5.6), but not in men or older women. "We hypothesize an antiestrogenic mechanism of |
| action for smoking in anal carcinogenesis." |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 21, 1999, p. 708 |
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| In a study of patients with anal cancer, 55% were smokers compared to 21% of |
| control subjects. The relative risk was 7- to 9-fold. A heavy smoker also has 77 times |
| the risk of oral cancer compared to a nonsmoker. |
| Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, May 1996, p. 722 |
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| Smokers appear to have a modest increase in their risk of stomach cancer, about 50 |
| percent over the risk of nonsmokers. If this association is casual, then at least one-fifth |
| of stomach cancer would be attributable to smoking. |
| Cigarettes, p. 20 |
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