Chronic alcohol consumption--the key risk factor for pharyngeal cancer.
A case-control study on oropharynx and hypopharynx cancer was carried out in the region of Heidelberg (in the southwest region of Germany). This report presents an analysis of the risk associated with alcohol and tobacco consumption based on 105 cases and 420 controls matched for age, sex, and area of residency.
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Sektion Onkologie der Univ.-HNO-Klinik Heidelberg, Germany.
Sennewald
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Heller
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Weidauer
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase