A Case-Control Study of Laiyngeal Cancer and Smoking

SH Tu

1998 Vol.14 NO.6

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Abstract:

The present study is to examine by case-control method the impact of smoking on laryngeal cancer. 60 hospitalized cases of the Ear Nose Throat (ENT) department, the National Taiwan University Hospital, diagnosed and pathologically confirmed laryngeal cancer in the period between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 1994 were selected for study. At the same time, 90 controls of the ENT department, the National Taiwan University Hospital, hospitalized in the same period for non-tumor diseases of the head and neck were selected