Oral Cancer 

Risk for Oral Cancer

• Smoking and tobacco use

• Excessive alcohol use

• HPV-16 type

• Increased age >40 

• Sun exposure to the lips 

(Wilkins, 2017, page 197)

Prevalence

• Men have twice the rate of oral cancer than women

• Oral cancer increases with the amount and duration of smoking

• Oral cancer is more common in people who drink alcohol and smoke

• HPV is associated with 20% to 30% of oral cancer cases

(Henry Goldie, 2016, page 297)