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Esophageal and gastric cardia cancer risk and folate- and vitamin B(12)-related polymorphisms in Linxian, China.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Nov 2003
Stolzenberg-Solomon Rachael Z, Qiao You-Lin, Abnet Christian C, Ratnasinghe D Luke, Dawsey Sanford M, Dong Zhi Wei, Taylor Philip R, Mark Steven D
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Linxian, a rural county in North Central China, has among the highest rates of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA) in the world. Its inhabitants have documented chronic nutritional inadequacies, including folate and vitamin B(12) deficiencies. Using a cohort we have been studying in Linxian since 1985, we examined the relationship between incident ESCC and GCA cancers...
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