Alcohol and Head and Neck Cancer: Updates on the Role of Oxidative Stress, Genetic, Epigenetics, Oral Microbiota, Antioxidants, and Alkylating Agents

• Main Authors: Giampiero Ferraguti (Author), Sergio Terracina (Author), Carla Petrella (Author), Antonio Greco (Author), Antonio Minni (Author), Marco Lucarelli (Author), Enzo Agostinelli (Author), Massimo Ralli (Author), Marco de Vincentiis (Author), Giammarco Raponi (Author), Antonella Polimeni (Author), Mauro Ceccanti (Author), Brunella Caronti (Author), Maria Grazia Di Certo (Author), Christian Barbato (Author), Alessandro Mattia (Author), Luigi Tarani (Author), Marco Fiore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Head and neck cancer (HNC) concerns more than 890,000 patients worldwide annually and is associated with the advanced stage at presentation and heavy outcomes. Alcohol drinking, together with tobacco smoking, and human papillomavirus infection are the main recognized risk factors. The tumorigenesis...