Smoking and oral and pharyngeal cancer: a meta-analysis
Our findings reaffirm the substantial impact of smoking on OPC risk and stress the need for efforts to avoid smoking initiation and support cessation.
Authors
- Claudia Specchia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-7874)
- Werner Garavello
- Anna Odone
- Vincenzo Bagnardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-3482)
- Luc J.M. Smits
- Silvano Gallus
- Stefano Miotti
- Irene Possenti
Institutions
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (IT)
- Brescia University (US)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation (IT)
- Faculty of Public Health (GB)
- Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- University of Brescia (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Oncology Reviews
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/or.2025.1672607
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro