"In my experience in the department of oral and palate surgery, 60 % of oral cancer sufferers chew betel nut," says Dr. Han Liang-chun of National Taiwan University Hospital. The causes of oral cancer have not been properly researched, but there is certainly some link between betel nut and oral cancer.
「依我在口腔顎面外科看病的經驗，百分之六十患口腔癌的病人都嚼檳榔」，台大醫院韓良俊醫師表示，雖然現在還沒有真正研究出口腔癌致病的原因，但可肯定檳榔與口腔癌，有極密切的關係。