Prevalence of Risk Factors Related to Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) Among College Students

Burke, Sloane C.; Smith, Karen Vail; Sharmin, Shamima; Winkelman, Craig

doi:10.13189/cor.2014.020102

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“…More specifically, this phenomenon is characterized by the following behaviors (Chambers, 2008): (1) skipping meals in order to save calories for later consumption of alcoholic beverages or to compensate for an increased caloric intake from previous alcohol consumption, (2) exercising excessively in order to compensate for the calories consumed by drinking, and/or (3) consuming enormous amounts of alcoholic beverages in order to become ill and purge previously ingested foods. Consequently, drunkorexia consists of three distinctive dimensions: consumption/abuse of alcoholic beverages, physical activity, and disordered eating; specifically, this combination is adopted as a means to offset caloric intake from alcohol use or even to potentiate alcohol intoxication as part of sensation-seeking tendencies (Burke et al, 2010; Hill & Lego, 2019). In addition to these different characteristics, drunkorexia has been shown to be correlated with eating disorder symptoms, such as low body esteem, body dissatisfaction, fear of gaining weight, and an extreme desire to be slim (Eisenberg & Fitz, 2014; Hill & Lego, 2019; Rahal et al, 2012).…”

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Drunkorexia Among a Sample of Lebanese Adults: The Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas

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Background: Drunkorexia is a food and alcohol disturbance described as being a range of disordered and compensatory eating behaviors that co-occur with excessive alcohol consumption. The remarkable correlation, highlighted in the literature, between dysfunctional cognitions and both eating disorders and substance use disorders is able to emphasize that cognitive phenomena can be an intrapersonal factor linked to drunkorexia disorder. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) and drunkorexia among a sample of Lebanese adults. Method: We conducted a cross-sectional study across all the Lebanese governorates (September-December 2020; N = 258). The Drunkorexia Motives and Behaviors Scales, Drunkorexia Fails Scale, Drunkorexia during an Alcohol Consumption Event Scale, and Post-Drinking Compensation Scale were used to assess drunkorexia, whereas the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form three was used to measure EMSs. Results: Emotional deprivation and subjugation were significantly associated with more drunkorexia motives, whereas emotional inhibition was significantly associated with less drunkorexia motives. Failure was significantly associated with more drunkorexia behaviors. Abandonment and mistrust were significantly associated with more drunkorexia fails, whereas unrelenting standards was significantly associated with less drunkorexia fails. Subjugation was significantly associated with more drunkorexia during alcohol consumption on events. Social isolation was significantly associated with more post-drinking compensation, whereas unrelenting standards was significantly associated with less post-drinking compensation. Conclusion: Our findings showed that drunkorexia is positively associated with EMSs, delineating as well the specific relationships between dysfunctional cognitive schemas and drunkorexia’s maladaptive behavioral aspects. They support the hypothesis that EMSs might play an important role in drunkorexia’s development and perpetuation. This study could therefore serve healthcare professionals for the cognitive approach of patients with concomitant alcohol misuse and eating disorders while emphasizing the value of cognitive-behavioral interventions—namely schema therapy.

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Drunkorexia Among a Sample of Lebanese Adults: The Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas

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Infectious Agents Associated with Head and Neck Carcinomas

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Demcsák

Decsi

et al. 2015

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

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In addition to traditional risk factors such as smoking habits and alcohol consumption, certain microbes also play an important role in the generation of head and neck carcinomas. Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus types is strongly associated with the development of oropharyngeal carcinoma, and Epstein-Barr virus appears to be indispensable for the development of non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx. Other viruses including torque teno virus and hepatitis C virus may act as co-carcinogens, increasing the risk of malignant transformation. A shift in the composition of the oral microbiome was associated with the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma, although the causal or casual role of oral bacteria remains to be clarified. Conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde, a mutagenic compound, by members of the oral microflora as well as by fungi including Candida albicans and others is a potential mechanism that may increase oral cancer risk. In addition, distinct Candida spp. also produce NBMA (N-nitrosobenzylmethylamine), a potent carcinogen. Inflammatory processes elicited by microbes may also facilitate tumorigenesis in the head and neck region.

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