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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Cannabis, tobacco and domestic fumes intake are associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in North Africa
British Journal of Cancer, Volume 101, No. 7, Year 2009
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Background: The lifestyle risk factors for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in North Africa are not known. Methods: From 2002 to 2005, we interviewed 636 patients and 615 controls from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, frequency-matched by centre, age, sex, and childhood household type (urban/rural). Conditional logistic regression was used to evaluate the association of lifestyles with NPC risk, controlling for socioeconomic status and dietary risk factors. Results: Cigarette smoking and snuff (tobacco powder with additives) intake were significantly associated with differentiated NPC but not with undifferentiated carcinoma (UCNT), which is the major histological type of NPC in these populations. As demonstrated by a stratified permutation test and by conditional logistic regression, marijuana smoking significantly elevated NPC risk independently of cigarette smoking, suggesting dissimilar carcinogenic mechanisms between cannabis and tobacco. Domestic cooking fumes intake by using kanoun (compact charcoal oven) during childhood increased NPC risk, whereas exposure during adulthood had less effect. Neither alcohol nor shisha (water pipe) was associated with risk. Conclusion: Tobacco, cannabis and domestic cooking fumes intake are risk factors for NPC in western North Africa. © 2009 Cancer Research UK.
Authors & Co-Authors
Feng, Bingjian
France, Lyon
Centre International de Recherche Sur le Cancer
United States, Salt Lake City
University of Utah School of Medicine
Khyatti, Meriem
Morocco, Casablanca
Institut Pasteur du Maroc
Ben-Ayoub, W.
Tunisia, Tunis
Association Tunisienne de Lutte Contre le Cancer
Dahmoul, S.
Tunisia, Sousse
Hopital Farhat Hached Sousse
Ayad, M.
Algeria, Algiers
Centre Antic-cancer de Blida
Maachi, F.
Tunisia, Tunis
Association Tunisienne de Lutte Contre le Cancer
Bedadra, W.
Algeria, Setif
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Saadna Mohamed Abdenour - Sétif
Abdoun, Meriem
Algeria, Setif
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Saadna Mohamed Abdenour - Sétif
Mesli, S.
Algeria, Algiers
Centre Antic-cancer de Blida
Bakkali, H.
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
National Institute of Oncology, Rabat
Jalbout, Majida
Lebanon, Jounieh
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Usek
Hamdi-Cherif, Mokhtar
Algeria, Setif
Centre Hospitalo-universitaire Saadna Mohamed Abdenour - Sétif
Boualga, Kada
Algeria, Algiers
Centre Antic-cancer de Blida
Bouaouina, Noureddine
Tunisia, Sousse
Hopital Farhat Hached Sousse
Chouchane, Lotfi
Tunisia, Monastir
Faculté de Médecine de Monastir
Benider, Abdellatif
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Ben-Ayed, Farhat
Tunisia, Tunis
Association Tunisienne de Lutte Contre le Cancer
Goldgar, David F.
France, Lyon
Centre International de Recherche Sur le Cancer
United States, Salt Lake City
University of Utah School of Medicine
Corbex, Marilys Anne
France, Lyon
Centre International de Recherche Sur le Cancer
Belgium, Brussels
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research Inctr
Statistics
Citations: 115
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/sj.bjc.6605281
e-ISSN:
15321827
Research Areas
Cancer
Environmental
Maternal And Child Health
Substance Abuse
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia