TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining a global research and policy agenda for betel quid and areca nut
AU - Mehrtash, Hedieh
AU - Duncan, Kalina
AU - Parascandola, Mark
AU - David, Annette
AU - Gritz, Ellen R.
AU - Gupta, Prakash C.
AU - Mehrotra, Ravi
AU - Amer Nordin, Amer Siddiq
AU - Pearlman, Paul C.
AU - Warnakulasuriya, Saman
AU - Wen, Chi Pang
AU - Zain, Rosnah Binti
AU - Trimble, Edward L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Betel quid and areca nut are known risk factors for many oral and oesophageal cancers, and their use is highly prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, betel quid and areca nut are associated with health effects on the cardiovascular, nervous, gastrointestinal, metabolic, respiratory, and reproductive systems. Unlike tobacco, for which the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control provides evidence-based policies for reducing tobacco use, no global policy exists for the control of betel quid and areca nut use. Multidisciplinary research is needed to address this neglected global public health emergency and to mobilise efforts to control betel quid and areca nut use. In addition, future research is needed to advance our understanding of the basic biology, mechanisms, and epidemiology of betel quid and areca nut use, to advance possible prevention and cessation programmes for betel quid and areca nut users, and to design evidence-based screening and early diagnosis programmes to address the growing burden of cancers that are associated with use.
AB - Betel quid and areca nut are known risk factors for many oral and oesophageal cancers, and their use is highly prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, betel quid and areca nut are associated with health effects on the cardiovascular, nervous, gastrointestinal, metabolic, respiratory, and reproductive systems. Unlike tobacco, for which the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control provides evidence-based policies for reducing tobacco use, no global policy exists for the control of betel quid and areca nut use. Multidisciplinary research is needed to address this neglected global public health emergency and to mobilise efforts to control betel quid and areca nut use. In addition, future research is needed to advance our understanding of the basic biology, mechanisms, and epidemiology of betel quid and areca nut use, to advance possible prevention and cessation programmes for betel quid and areca nut users, and to design evidence-based screening and early diagnosis programmes to address the growing burden of cancers that are associated with use.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30460-6
DO - 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30460-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29208442
AN - SCOPUS:85035318915
SN - 1470-2045
VL - 18
SP - e767-e775
JO - The Lancet Oncology
JF - The Lancet Oncology
IS - 12
ER -