30% of people with mouth cancer drink excessively. Excessive drinking means more than 21 units of alcohol per week. That’s about 7 large glasses of wine or 11 cans of medium-strength lager.
Drinking alcohol and smoking at the same time increases the risk of mouth cancer about 30 times. This is because:
These two chemicals together can overwhelm the body’s defence mechanisms.
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The Mouth Cancer Foundation website aims to assist patients, carers and health professionals find information on head and neck cancers easily. It provides direct links to the relevant sections of existing cancer...
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