Oral cancer : symptoms, management and risk factors [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ORAL CANCER: SYMPTOMS, MANAGEMENT AND RISK FACTORS; ORAL CANCER: SYMPTOMS, MANAGEMENT AND RISK FACTORS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Epidemiology of Oral Cancer in Taiwan and Its Policy Implications: An Urgent Call for Attention to the International Community to Offer Assistance; Abstract; Introduction; A Silent Public Health Disaster Occurring; The Uneviable Number One in the World; Methods; Prospective Cohort (402,182 individuals) from MJ Health Management Institution (Taiwan); GLOBOCAN; SEER; Taiwan Cancer Registry.

What Oral Cancer Included in This StudyResults; Inflicting Younger Males Than Elsewhere: Attacking the Most Productive Age; The Increase Is Still Continuing Following a 6-Fold Increase in 20 Years; Five Year Relative Survival for Oral Cancer in Taiwan; No Increase in Females in 20 Years -- an Undisputable Evidence for the Role of Behavioral Factors; History of Betel Quid Chewing in Taiwan; Study Cohort Investigating Risk Factors; Prevalence of Betel Quid Chewing in Taiwan; Prevalence of Smoking in Taiwan; Alcohol Drinking Habit in Taiwan; Behavioral Synergism Among the Three Risk Factors.

Dose Response Relationship of Each of the Three Risk Factors with Oral Cancer MortalityLife Time Risk of Developing Oral Cancer as a Smoking Chewer in Taiwan; Attributable Mortality from Betel Quid Chewing; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Gene Polymorphisms on the Susceptibility of Environmental Factors to Carcinogenesis and the Development of Oral Cancer; Abstract; Introduction; Impact of Upa System Gene Polymorphisms on the Susceptibility of Environmental Factors to Carcinogenesis and the Development of Clinicopathology of Oral Cancer; uPA System and Cancer.

The Study of Upa System Gene Polymorphisms on the Susceptibility of Environmental Factors to Carcinogenesis and the Development of Oral CancerGene Polymorphisms on the Susceptibility of Environmental Factors to Carcinogenesis of Oral Cancer; uPA System Gene Polymorphisms and the Susceptibility of Carcinogens to Oral Cancer; PAI-1 Gene Polymorphisms and the Susceptibility to Oral Cancer; Brief Conclusion; Glutathione S-Transferase P1 and Alpha Gene Variants; Role in Susceptibiliy and Tumor Size Development of Oral Cancer Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) Gene Variants and Cancer.

Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) Gene Variants and CancerThe Study of Glutathione S-Transferase P1 and Alpha Gene Variants in Susceptibility of Oral Cancer; GSTP1 Polymorphism and Oral Cancer; GSTA1 Polymorphism and Tumor Size Development of Oral Cancer; Brief Conclusion; The Association between Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1<U+00dc> Gene Polymorphisms and Increased Susceptibility to Oral Cancer; Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1<U+00dc> and Oral Cancer; Study of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1g<U+00dc> Gene Polymorphisms and Oral Cancer; Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1<U+00dc> Gene Polymorphisms and Increased Susceptibility to Oral Cancer.

Gene -- Environment Interaction Between HIF-1<U+00dc> Gene Polymorphisms and Tobacco Consumption and Betel Nut Chewing.

This book is a comprehensive display of the current multimodality management of oral cancer. It spans the entire discipline of oral oncology and provides a concise and current management of oral cancer-one of the most important head and neck cancers in the world. This classic reference delivers top to bottom coverage of oral cancer from epidemiology, molecular biology, preventive medicine, to the cutting edge of current treatment such as radiation therapy, ablative surgery, photodynamic therapy and reconstruction, as well as the management of potential complications.

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