Risk of Betel Chewing for Oesophageal Cancer in Taiwan
Resource
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER v.85 n.5 pp.658-660
Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Journal Volume
v.85
Journal Issue
n.5
Pages
658-660
Date Issued
2001
Date
2001
Author(s)
WU, MING-TSANG
LEE, YUNG-CHIE
CHEN, CHIEN-JEN
YANG, PEI-WEN
LEE, CHUN-JEAN
WU, DENG-CHYANG
HSU, HON-KI
HO, CHI-KUNG
KAO, EIN-LONG
LEE, JANG-MING
Abstract
Among 104 cases of squamous-cell oesophageal carcinoma patients and 277 controls in Taiwan, after adjusting for cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and other confounders, we found that subjects who chewed from 1 to 495 betel-year and more than 495 betel-years (about 20 betel quid per day for 20 years) had 3.6-fold (95% CI = 1.3-10.1) and 9.2-fold risk ( 95% CI = 1.8-46.7), respectively, of developing oesophageal cancer, compared to those who did not chew betel. (C) 2001 Cancer Research Campaign.
Subjects
oesophageal cancer
squamous-cell carcinoma
betel
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
DNA-ADDUCTS
ORAL-CANCER
SDGs
Type
journal article