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Overall, people who had one drink a day had a 40% higher risk of developing any of seven types of cancer—mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus, breast, liver, and colorectal—compared to those who didn’t drink at all.
—Alice Park, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
In particular, the advisory notes that alcohol can increase the risk of throat, liver, esophageal, mouth, larynx (voice box), colon and rectal cancers.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
However, drinking more than one cup of tea per day was associated with a higher risk of laryngeal cancer, which affects the voice box, by 38 percent.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a collective term used to describe cancers that form in the mouth, throat, voice box, sinuses and nasal cavity, and salivary glands.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Voice box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20box. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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