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Strong interaction between the effects of alcohol consumption and smoking on oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma among individuals with ADH1B and/or ALDH2 risk alleles.
Gut - 1 Nov 2010
Tanaka Fumiaki, Yamamoto Ken, Suzuki Sadao, Inoue Hiroshi, Tsurumaru Masahiko, Kajiyama Yoshiaki, Kato Hoichi, Igaki Hiroyasu, Furuta Koh, Fujita Hiromasa, Tanaka Toshiaki, Tanaka Yoichi, Kawashima Yoshiyuki, Natsugoe Shoji, Setoyama Tetsuro, Tokudome Shinkan, Mimori Koshi, Haraguchi Naotsugu, Ishii Hideshi, Mori Masaki
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BACKGROUND: Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is considered a difficult cancer to cure. The detection of environmental and genetic factors is important for prevention on an individual basis. OBJECTIVE: To identify groups at high risk for OSCC by simultaneously analysing both genetic and environmental risk factors. Methods A multistage genome-wide association study of OSCC in Japanese individuals with a...
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