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Interactions between environmental factors and polymorphisms in angiogenesis pathway genes in esophageal adenocarcinoma risk: a case-only study.
Cancer - 1 Feb 2012
Zhai Rihong, Zhao Yang, Liu Geoffrey, Ter-Minassian Monica, Wu I-Chen, Wang Zhaoxi, Su Li, Asomaning Kofi, Chen Feng, Kulke Matthew H, Lin Xihong, Heist Rebecca S, Wain John C, Christiani David C
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BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), higher body mass index (BMI), smoking, and genetic variants in angiogenic pathway genes have been individually associated with increased risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. However, how angiogenic gene polymorphisms and environmental factors jointly affect esophageal adenocarcinoma development remains unclear. METHODS: By using a case-only design (n = 335), the...
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