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Opium Usage as an Etiologic Factor of Oral Cavity Cancer
- Source :
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 25:e505-e507
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014.
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Abstract
- Purposes The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of opium in causing oral cancer. Patients and methods Eighty patients and 80 selected matched controls who were referred to the ear-nose-throat department of an academic hospital were included in this study between October 2008 and September 2010. In addition to demographic data, information regarding alcohol, tobacco, and opium use was documented in the subjects. Finally, the effect of each risk factor was assessed. Results There was no significant difference in patient demographics between the 2 groups. Smoking (P = 0.042) and poor oral hygiene (P = 0.016) significantly correlated with cancer. Finally, opium addiction showed a significant relationship with oral cavity cancer with an odds ratio of 4 (95% confidence interval, 1.2-13.6). Conclusion Opium use is among the possible risk factors for oral cancer.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Alcohol Drinking
Opium
Oral hygiene
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
medicine
Carcinoma
Humans
Risk factor
Aged
business.industry
Smoking
Case-control study
Cancer
General Medicine
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Opioid-Related Disorders
Oral Hygiene
medicine.disease
Confidence interval
Otorhinolaryngology
Case-Control Studies
Anesthesia
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Female
Mouth Neoplasms
Surgery
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10492275
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....79b896b733f1a9b8ec10284a41ced4c4