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Oral Cancer

Mouth cancer and inhaler

07/09/2009

Question:

Is there a link between taking an asthma inhaler and developing mouth cancer or any form of cancer?

Answer:

There is not a known defined risk that I am aware of connecting inhaler use with oral cancer.

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Response by:

The Ohio State University Amit Agrawal, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Head & Neck Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Amit  Agrawal, MD