Chronic alcohol consumption--the key risk factor for pharyngeal cancer

H Maier; E Sennewald; G F Heller; H Weidauer

doi:10.1177/019459989411000205

Chronic alcohol consumption--the key risk factor for pharyngeal cancer

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1994 Feb;110(2):168-73. doi: 10.1177/019459989411000205.

Authors

H Maier¹, E Sennewald, G F Heller, H Weidauer

Affiliation

¹ Sektion Onkologie der Univ.-HNO-Klinik Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 7906410
DOI: 10.1177/019459989411000205

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Alcohol Drinking*
Alcoholism / complications*
Case-Control Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pharyngeal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Pharyngeal Neoplasms / etiology*
Pharyngeal Neoplasms / prevention & control
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects
gamma-Glutamyltransferase / blood

Substances

gamma-Glutamyltransferase