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Family history of cancer and gastroesophageal disorders and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas: a case-control study.
BMC cancer - 4 Feb 2014
Jiang Xuejuan, Tseng Chiu-Chen, Bernstein Leslie, Wu Anna H
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BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of data on familial risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric cardia adenocarcinoma and distal gastric adenocarcinoma from population-based studies. METHODS: A population-based case-control study of newly diagnosed gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma was conducted in Los Angeles County. This analysis included data of case-patients whom we were able to interview directly (147...
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