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Cocaine use and head and neck cancer risk: A pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium
The likelihood of having head and neck cancer may increase with the use of cocaine.
This study investigated the cocaine use-head and neck cancer connection hypothesis. Researchers matched cocaine usage with the incidence rates of head and neck cancer (HNC) in a study population comprising of 4,145 men and women.
Researchers noticed that regular intake of cocaine raised the risk of developing cancer in the head and neck region. This study highlighted the head and neck cancer-promoting action of cocaine.
Research Summary Information
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2024
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Mingyan Zhang, Chu Chen, Guojun Li, Alzina Koric, Yuan-Chin Amy Lee, Hal Morgenstern, Stephen M Schwartz, Erich M Sturgis, Paolo Boffetta, Mia Hashibe, Zuo-Feng Zhang
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Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. Program in Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Stony Brook Cancer Center, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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