Throat Cancer Prevention
The best way to prevent Throat Cancer is to eliminate the causes. There are 3 major
causes of Throat Cancer.
- Smoking
- Alcholol
- Occupational Exposures
Throat Cancer Prevention - Tobacco Use
As many as 90 percent of head and neck cancers arise after prolonged exposure to
specific factors. Use of tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco or snuff) and
alcoholic beverages are closely linked with cancers of the mouth, throat, voice box and
tongue. (In adults who neither smoke nor drink, cancer of the mouth and throat are nearly
nonexistent.) Prolonged exposure to sunlight is linked with cancer of the lip and is also
an established major cause of skin cancer.
Throat Cancer Prevention - Alcohol Abuse
Heavy drinkers have a risk of laryngeal cancer several times that of nondrinkers. Using
both tobacco and alcohol doesn't just add both risks together. If you smoke and drink, the
combined risk is almost multiplied. Some reports have found that people who smoke and
drink are up to 100 times more likely to have laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer than are
people with neither habit.
Throat Cancer Prevention - Occupational Exposures
Other risk factors include long and intense exposures to wood dust, paint fumes, and
certain chemicals used in the metalworking, petroleum, plastics, and textile industries.
Asbestos is a mineral fiber that was often used for insulation in the past. It is an
important risk factor for 2 types of lung cancer called mesothelioma and bronchogenic
carcinoma. Some studies show that asbestos exposure may also increase laryngeal
cancer risk. |