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Chemoprevention of Aerodigestive Epithelial Cancers

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The Biology and Prevention of Aerodigestive Tract Cancers

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 320))

Abstract

Head and neck cancer, together with cancers of the esophagus and lung, will cause one third of all 1990 cancer deaths in the United States, or 160,000 deaths (1). The magnitude of this problem directly relates to the magnitude of tobacco use, since tobacco is the single causative agent linking these three aerodigestive tract cancers. Despite intensified attention to smoking cessation programs, tobacco continues to be a major public health problem throughout the world. Worldwide tobacco use statistics include 1 billion smokers and 600 million chewers; U.S. figures are 50 million smokers and 12 billion chewers.

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  1. Section of Head, Neck and Thoracic Medical Oncology Department of Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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Lippman, S.M., Hong, W.K. (1992). Chemoprevention of Aerodigestive Epithelial Cancers. In: Newell, G.R., Hong, W.K. (eds) The Biology and Prevention of Aerodigestive Tract Cancers. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 320. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3468-6_20

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