The Impact of Alcohol Consumption and Oral Microbiota on Upper Aerodigestive Tract Carcinomas: A Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Marco Fiore (Author), Antonio Minni (Author), Luca Cavalcanti (Author), Giammarco Raponi (Author), Gianluca Puggioni (Author), Alessandro Mattia (Author), Sara Gariglio (Author), Andrea Colizza (Author), Piero Giuseppe Meliante (Author), Federica Zoccali (Author), Luigi Tarani (Author), Christian Barbato (Author), Marco Lucarelli (Author), Flavio Maria Ceci (Author), Silvia Francati (Author), Giampiero Ferraguti (Author), Mauro Ceccanti (Author), Carla Petrella (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alcohol consumption is associated with oxidative stress and an increased risk of carcinoma of the upper aero-digestive tract (UADT). Recently, it has been found that some microorganisms in the human oral cavity may locally metabolize ethanol, forming acetaldehyde, a carcinogenic metabolite of alcoho...