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Aberdeen research highlights the triggers for oral cancer
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New research from Aberdeen University has found that young people who smoke, drink and eat low levels of fruit and vegetables are at a higher risk of developing cancers of the mouth, larynx and oesophagus.
The five-year pan-European
study looked at 350 patients under the age of 50 with upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers and 400 patients free of these diseases in an attempt to discover what factors influenced their development.
The findings confirmed that 88 per cent of UADT cancers in this age group were caused by
The message we need to be communicating to the public remains the same – that smoking, drinking and diet are the major triggers of these
diseases at all ages Gary Macfarlane (pictured right)
smoking tobacco, alcohol con- sumption and/or a lack of fruit and vegetables in a person’s diet. UADT cancers kill more than 100,000 people across Europe and 10,000 in the UK each year.
Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Aberdeen, Gary Macfarlane (pictured), who led the study said: “Our findings confirmed that smoking tobacco, heavy alcohol consumption and a lack of fruit and vegetables in a person’s diet remained the most important causes of cancers of the UADT. “The increase in the occur- rence of UADT cancers in this age group is likely to be linked
to increased alcohol consump- tion and future studies will determine whether ‘binge’ drinking carries a particularly high risk.”
The results of the study – which was funded by a European Union grant – indicate that the public health message in preventing cancers of the UADT should remain the same for young and old alike. Professor Macfarlane contin- ued: “The results of our study further emphasise that the message we need to be communicating to the public remains the same – that smoking, drinking and diet are the major triggers of these diseases at all ages.”
16 Scottish Dental magazine
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