Chewing betel nut can give you oral cancer.

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Chewing betel nut can give you oral cancer.

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More good news for the poor and disadvantaged. See a dentist regularly if you chew betel nut.

Betel nut use raises risk of oral cancer six-fold: study
Mon, 31 October 2016
Erin Handley

Cambodian betel nut chewers are six times more at risk of contracting potentially malignant oral cancers, according to a new report.

The study surveyed 1,634 people in Phnom Penh, Kampot, Kampong Cham, Pursat and Stung Treng and found that 54 percent had oral lesions – white or red swellings, ulcers or abnormalities in the mouth.

Though most were benign, the research revealed that 5.6 percent of those surveyed had oral cancers or lesions that could potentially become cancerous.

While the study found consuming alcohol did not carry a significant risk of developing a potentially malignant mouth lesion, those who drank alcohol in tandem with a smoking or chewing betel quid – which usually contains tobacco – increased their risk five-fold...

[Durward added that] oral cancers are one of the top five cancer killers in the Kingdom...

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Re: Chewing betel nut can give you oral cancer.

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They have good betel nut sales girls in Taiwan - bīnláng xīshī :D

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Betel nut can causes cancer? Hell no, better stick to the cigarette
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