The influence of tobacco and alcohol in oral cancer: literature review

This article aims to understand the literary references associated with the influence of tobacco and alcohol on the development of oral cavity cancer. In order to elaborate an analytical and thematic literature review, using the Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ci ências da Saúde (Lilacs), Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (PubMed) and Medline databases, articles from the English and Portuguese literatures published between 2007 and 2019 were searched with the help of the terms: prog nostic factors and indicators, tobacco, alcohol and oral carcinoma. Proper knowledge of the disease and its etiological and prognostic factors should make professionals able to prevent, identify and control oral cancer.RESUMEN En Brasil, el humo y la ingesti ón de bebidas alcohólicas son más comunes en hombres. El tipo de lesión más frecuente es el carcinoma. Tuvimos como objetivo hacer un inventario de referencias literarias publicadas acerca de la influencia del tabaco y del alcohol en el desarrollo del cáncer en la cavidad oral. Para la revisió n de literatura, de tipo analítica y temática, la búsqueda de artículos en las lenguas inglesa y portuguesa publicados entre 2007 y 2019 se realizó en las bases de datos Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (Lilacs), Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), US Na tional Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (PubM...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial - Category: Pathology Source Type: research