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Mean corpuscular volume, alcohol flushing, and the predicted risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in cancer-free Japanese men.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Oct 2005
Yokoyama Akira, Yokoyama Tetsuji, Kumagai Yoshiya, Kato Hoichi, Igaki Hiroyasu, Tsujinaka Toshimasa, Muto Manabu, Omori Tai, Yokoyama Masako, Watanabe Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Because some of the causes of increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), including alcoholism, acetaldehyde exposure, smoking, and poor nutrition are common to both, macrocytosis has been used as a predictor of early ESCC in Japanese alcoholics. We examined whether this was also true in the Japanese general population. METHODS: This study compared the MCV of...
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