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Active and Involuntary Tobacco Smoking and Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Risks in a Multicenter Case-Control Study
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Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 2009-12, Vol.18 (12), p.3353-3361
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United States: American Association for Cancer Research
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
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Introduction: Several important issues for the established association between tobacco smoking and upper aerodigestive tract
(UADT) cancer risks include the associations with smoking by cancer subsite, by type of tobacco, and among never alcohol drinkers
and the associations with involuntary smoking among nonsmokers. Our aim was to examine these specific issues in a large-scale
case-control study in Europe.
Methods: Analysis was done on 2,103 UADT squamous cell carcinoma cases and 2,221 controls in the Alcohol-Related Cancers and
Genetic Susceptibility in Europe project, a multicenter case-control study in 10 European countries. Unconditional logistic
regression was done to obtain odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
Results: Compared with never tobacco smoking, current smoking was associated with UADT cancer risks (OR, 6.72; 95% CI, 5.45-8.30
for overall; OR, 5.83; 95% CI, 4.50-7.54 for oral cavity and oropharynx; OR, 12.19; 95% CI, 8.29-17.92 for hypopharynx and
larynx; and OR, 4.17; 95% CI, 2.45-7.10 for esophagus). Among never drinkers, dose-response relationships with tobacco smoking
pack-years were observed for hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancers ( P trend = 0.010) but not for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers ( P trend = 0.282). Among never smokers, ever exposure to involuntary smoking was associated with an increased risk of UADT cancers
(OR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.04-2.46).
Conclusion: Our results corroborate that tobacco smoking may play a stronger role in the development of hypopharyngeal and
laryngeal cancers than that of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers among never drinkers and that involuntary smoking is
an important risk factor for UADT cancers. Public health interventions to reduce involuntary smoking exposure could help reduce
UADT cancer incidence. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(12):3353–61)