Growing alcohol use is causing a steep rise in mouth cancer cases, experts have warned just days before the planned extension of pub opening hours.
Mouth cancer now kills more people in the UK than cervical cancer and testicular cancer put together - some 1,600 people last year.
Yet more than 75% of cases are preventable by quitting smoking and drinking alcohol only in moderation.
Cancer Research UK is launching a three-year campaign to raise awareness.
Cases of mouth cancer have rise by a quarter over the past 10 years - from 3,411 cases in 1992 to 4,285 in 2001.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4438938.stm
Mouth cancer now kills more people in the UK than cervical cancer and testicular cancer put together - some 1,600 people last year.
Yet more than 75% of cases are preventable by quitting smoking and drinking alcohol only in moderation.
Cancer Research UK is launching a three-year campaign to raise awareness.
Cases of mouth cancer have rise by a quarter over the past 10 years - from 3,411 cases in 1992 to 4,285 in 2001.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4438938.stm