Mouth Cancer Surgeon

14/12/2022

What are some known risk factors of oral cancer?

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

◉ The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a family of viruses that are known to cause cancer of the mouth, throat and cervix. Especially HPV type 16,18 are associated with oral and oropharyngeal cancers.
◉ They cause cancer by binding to tumour suppressor genes and stopping the activity leading to uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
◉ HPV-associated cancer patients are usually young with no history of to***co use.
◉ They have a better prognosis when compared to to***co-related cancers.

09/12/2022

What are some known risk factors of oral cancer?

◉Alcohol is recognized as an independent risk factor for oral cancer. The chances of oral cancer increase when alcohol is taken in combination with to***co as it increases the absorption of carcinogens.
◉The other constituents of alcohol can have carcinogenic potential.
◉Immunity is reduced in chronic alcoholics.
◉Metabolism is deranged due to liver damage in chronic alcoholics, which can result in nutritional deficiency.

07/12/2022

What are some known risk factors of oral cancer?

◉ The risk for oral cancer increases with an increase in the frequency of smoking.
◉ Black or air-cured to***co is commonly used in pipe smoking and ci**rs. Black to***co is more carcinogenic and has three times more risk of oral cancer when compared to blond to***co.
◉ Smoking cessation reduces the risk of oral cancer, but it is never reduced to the baseline level of never smokers.

03/12/2022

What are the some known risk factors of oral cancer?

1. To***co chewing

> In India, to***co is usually consumed in the smokeless/chewing form as a part of betel, quid, gutka, zarda, mawa, khaini etc.

> About 30 carcinogens are present in to***co.

> The most common of these are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitrosamines etc.

> There is a strong association between the site of placement of smokeless to***co and the site of oral cancer.

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28/11/2022

28/11/2022

23/10/2022

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