Cessation of smoking and drinking and the risk of laryngeal cancer

A case–control study was conducted in Italy and Switzerland between 1992 and 2000 on 527 cases of laryngeal cancer and 1297 hospital controls. The risk of laryngeal cancer steadily decreased from 3 years after stopping smoking. Some decline in risk was observed only 20 years or more after stopping d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Altieri, A, Bosetti, C, Talamini, R, Gallus, S, Franceschi, S, Levi, F, Dal Maso, L, Negri, E, La Vecchia, C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12439710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600638
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Sumario:A case–control study was conducted in Italy and Switzerland between 1992 and 2000 on 527 cases of laryngeal cancer and 1297 hospital controls. The risk of laryngeal cancer steadily decreased from 3 years after stopping smoking. Some decline in risk was observed only 20 years or more after stopping drinking. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 87, 1227–1229. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600638 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK

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