{"id":4108,"date":"2006-08-23T19:32:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T02:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2009-04-12T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T02:32:40","slug":"second-hand-smoke-exposure-may-define-mortality-in-head-and-neck-cancer-patients-even-among-present-and-former-cigarette-smokers-presented-at-ahns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/second-hand-smoke-exposure-may-define-mortality-in-head-and-neck-cancer-patients-even-among-present-and-former-cigarette-smokers-presented-at-ahns\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-Hand Smoke Exposure May Define Mortality in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Even Among Present and Former Cigarette Smokers: Presented at AHNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bullets\">\n<li><strong>8\/23\/2006<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chicago, IL<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>John Otrompke<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>www.docguide.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exposure to second-hand smoke can lead to a 21% increased risk of mortality in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) among former and present smokers, according to a poster presented here at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS).<\/p>\n<p>Out of 135 patients who enrolled in the study, 74% of those who completed it had been exposed to second-hand smoke, said study presenter Jason Chau, MD, resident, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>A second primary cancer was identified at the age of 59 years in 16% of subjects with no exposure to second-hand smoke, compared with the age of 55 in 25% of subjects with exposure to second-hand smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty percent of those with no exposure had a recurrence of their cancer, compared with 40% in the exposed group, and mortality in the non-SHS group was 39% compared with 60% in the exposed group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out of the 124 patients who completed the trial, all were smokers when we met them, and 60% continued smoking,&#8221; Dr. Chau said during his presentation on August 18th}. &#8220;Our study didn&#8217;t look only at the role of second-hand smoking,&#8221; Dr. Chau said, and noted that while the institution enrolled the patients in smoking cessation groups, &#8220;we didn&#8217;t aggressively involve the families in the study, and it&#8217;s harder to get the family to be as honest in learning whether the patient is exposed to [second-hand smoke] in the home.&#8221; Eighty- to 90% of head and neck cancers are tobacco and alcohol related, and there is a 34-fold greater risk of the disease in smokers compared with nonsmokers, and a 5.5-fold greater risk in heavy drinkers, the poster said. The higher dose associated with second-hand smoke is believed to be responsible, as two thirds of cigarette smoke goes into the air. Second-hand smoke also contains 70% more tar than mainstream smoke, the poster said.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<br \/>\nPresentation title: The Effect of Secondhand Smoke in patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Poster P069 &#8211; AHNS 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8\/23\/2006 Chicago, IL John Otrompke www.docguide.com Exposure to second-hand smoke can lead to a 21% increased risk of mortality in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) among former and present smokers, according to a poster presented here at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS). Out of 135 patients who enrolled in the study, 74% of those who completed it had been exposed to second-hand smoke, said study presenter Jason Chau, MD, resident, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A second primary cancer was identified at the age of 59 years in 16% of subjects with no exposure to second-hand smoke, compared with the age of 55 in 25% of subjects with exposure to second-hand smoke. Thirty percent of those with no exposure had a recurrence of their cancer, compared with 40% in the exposed group, and mortality in the non-SHS group was 39% compared with 60% in the exposed group. &#8220;Out of the 124 patients who completed the trial, all were smokers when we met them, and 60% continued smoking,&#8221; Dr. Chau said during his presentation on August 18th}. &#8220;Our study didn&#8217;t look only at the role of second-hand smoking,&#8221; Dr. Chau said, and noted that while the institution enrolled the patients in smoking cessation groups, &#8220;we didn&#8217;t aggressively involve the families in the study, and it&#8217;s harder to get the family to be as honest in learning whether the patient is exposed to [second-hand smoke] in the home.&#8221; Eighty- to  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[787],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oral-cancer-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4109,"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions\/4109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oralcancernews.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}