Asociación del hábito de fumar y cáncer oral. Revisión bibliométrica

Abstract

Introduction: oral cancer is a multifactorial disease that affects more people every day. The most common is squamous cell carcinoma, which is associated with different risk factors such as genetics, alcohol intake, diet , environmental factors, viruses and bacteria; and finally smoking, that according to different investigations, is the cause of the formation of malignant lesions, that is why it has been associated with a high risk of developing oral cancer in its different presentations. Objective: the aim of this study is to identify all evidence that associates smoking with the appearance and development of oral cancer, as well as to analyze the behavior and impact of the different publications about this subject. Materials and methods: a bibliometric review about information published between the years 2011 and 2021, where 117 were used for the study, which contained the necessary information about the variables to be studied, the following were included: authors , author's country, author's institution, journal, impact factor, SJR index, Odds Ratio, country where the study was conducted, year of publication, language, type of study, factor evaluated, and number of subjects evaluated. Results: the relationship between smoking and oral cancer is verified, there is evidence in different articles which have mostly been carried out in countries that belong to the Asian region, such as India, Taiwan and China, in the English language mostly, with a high proportion of cases and controls. Likewise, a relationship was found between smoking and other factors such as genetics and diet, that could be considered as risk factors or protective factors. Conclusions: the relationship between smoking and oral cancer is extremely high and proportional, however it is affected by other factors, such as genetics, the consumption of other substances simultaneously or diet.