Oral health, dental care and mouthwash associated with upper aerodigestive tract cancer risk in Europe: the ARCAGE study.

Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Foraita, Ronja; Nelis, Mari; Lagiou, Pagona; Lagiou, Areti; Bouchardy, Christine; Slamova, Alena; Schejbalova, Miriam; Merletti, Franco; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Agudo, Antonio; Castellsagué, Xavier; Macfarlane, Tatiana V.; Macfarlane, Gary J; Lee, Yuan-Chin Amy; Talamini, Renato; Barzan, Luigi; Canova, Cristina; Simonato, Lorenzo; Thomson, Peter C; McKinney, Patricia A; McMahon, Alex D; Znaor, Ariana; Healy, Claire M.; McCartan, Bernad E; Metspalu, Andres; Marron, Manuela; Hashibe, Mia; Conway, David I.; Brennan, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.03.001

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Oral health, dental care and mouthwash associated with upper aerodigestive tract cancer risk in Europe: the ARCAGE study.

Author(s): Wolfgang Ahrens, Hermann Pohlabeln, Ronja Foraita, Mari Nelis, Pagona Lagiou, Areti Lagiou, Christine Bouchardy, Alena Slamova, Miriam Schejbalova, Franco Merletti, Lorenzo Richiardi, Kristina Kjaerheim, Antonio Agudo, Xavier Castellsagué, Tatiana V. Macfarlane, Gary J Macfarlane, Yuan-Chin Amy Lee, Renato Talamini, Luigi Barzan, Cristina Canova, Lorenzo Simonato, Peter C Thomson, Patricia McKinney, Alex D McMahon, Ariana Znaor, Claire Healy, Bernad E McCartan, Andres Metspalu, Manuela Marron, Mia Hashibe, David I. Conway, Paul Brennan

Publication date: 2014-06-01

Journal: Oral Oncology

Keywords: Genetic polymorphisms, Head and neck neoplasms, Oral health, Oral hygiene

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Abstract

We aimed to assess the association of oral health (OH), dental care (DC) and mouthwash with upper-aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancer risk, and to examine the extent that enzymes involved in the metabolism of alcohol modify the effect of mouthwash.