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HERO ID
8429351
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Increased risk of head and neck cancer in Agent Orange exposed Vietnam Era veterans
Author(s)
Mowery, A; Conlin, M; Clayburgh, D; ,
Year
2020
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Oral Oncology
ISSN:
1368-8375
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Location
AMSTERDAM
Volume
100
Page Numbers
104483
Language
English
PMID
31810040
DOI
10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.104483
Web of Science Id
WOS:000507465700014
Abstract
United States military personnel during the Vietnam Era were potentially exposed to Agent Orange, a known carcinogen. The link between Agent Orange and head and neck cancers is largely unknown; laryngeal cancer is currently the only subsite with sufficient evidence of an Agent Orange association.
Keywords
Agent Orange; Head and neck neoplasms; Mouth neoplasms; Nose neoplasms; Salivary gland neoplasms; Survival analysis; Thyroid neoplasms
Conference Name
Annual Meeting of the Association-of-VA-Surgeons
Conference Location
Seattle, WA
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