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Health risk appraisal models for mass screening for esophageal and pharyngeal cancer: an endoscopic follow-up study of cancer-free Japanese men.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Feb 2009
Yokoyama Akira, Kumagai Yoshiya, Yokoyama Tetsuji, Omori Tai, Kato Hoichi, Igaki Hiroyasu, Tsujinaka Toshimasa, Muto Manabu, Yokoyama Masako, Watanabe Hiroshi
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PURPOSE: To assess the performance of our health risk appraisal (HRA) models for screening individuals at high risk of esophageal/pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (EPSCC). METHODS: Based on the results of our previous case-control study, we invented HRA models that enable screening for EPSCC cases in Japanese men with high sensitivity and specificity based on either their aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype...
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