Article
Association of Aflatoxin and Gallbladder Cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2017
Koshiol Jill, Gao Yu-Tang, Dean Michael, Egner Patricia, Nepal Chirag, Jones Kristine, Wang Bingsheng, Rashid Asif, Luo Wen, Van Dyke Alison L, Ferreccio Catterina, Malasky Michael, Shen Ming-Chang, Zhu Bin, Andersen Jesper B, Hildesheim Allan, Hsing Ann W, Groopman John
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Aflatoxin, which causes hepatocellular carcinoma, may also cause gallbladder cancer. We investigated whether patients with gallbladder cancer have higher exposure to aflatoxin than patients with gallstones. METHODS: We measured aflatoxin B1 (AFB1)-lysine adducts in plasma samples from the Shanghai Biliary Tract Cancer case-control study, conducted from 1997 through 2001. We calculated age- and...
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