Interventions With Adequate Evidence of a Decreased Risk of Oral Cavity, Oropharyngeal, Hypopharyngeal, and Laryngeal Cancers Tobacco cessation Based on solid evidence, cessation of exposure to tobacco (e.g., cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco) leads to a decrease in the risk of oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal cancers.[19] Magnitude of Effect : Decreased risk, moderate to large magnitude
Perhaps the most significant change occurred with the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) signed by President Obama in 2009
Therefore, we sought to understand the factors causing delayed presentation of patients with oral cancers in the rural setting
That would add at least another year of delay and the whole process would certainly take more than 15 months, he says
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