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Risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma in high-risk area of Thailand: role of lifestyle, diet and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Apr 2012
Songserm Nopparat, Promthet Supannee, Sithithaworn Paiboon, Pientong Chamsai, Ekalaksananan Tipaya, Chopjitt Peechanika, Parkin Donald Maxwell
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the most common cancer in Northeast Thailand. Endemicity of Opisthorchis viverrini (OV) - a known carcinogen - is responsible, but although infection is very common, the lifetime risk of CCA is only 5%. Other co-factors must exist, including aspects of lifestyle or diet along with variations in genetic susceptibility to them. Change in methylenetetrahydrofolate...
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