Oral Cancer

Risk Factors

The risk factors of oral cancer are:

• Use of tobacco through any method, such as chewing, cigarette smoking, using cigars and pipes, and snuffing
• Gender, the risk of oral cancer is higher in men than in women
• Advanced age, as the progression in most cases of oral cancer, is slow and prolonged
• Excessive alcohol consumption
• Prolong solar exposure to lips
• Compromised immune system
• Human papillomavirus infection