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Cancer screening of upper aerodigestive tract in Japanese alcoholics with reference to drinking and smoking habits and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype.
International journal of cancer - 4 Nov 1996
Yokoyama A, Ohmori T, Muramatsu T, Higuchi S, Yokoyama T, Matsushita S, Matsumoto M, Maruyama K, Hayashida M, Ishii H
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 1,000 Japanese male alcoholics were consecutively screened by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with esophageal iodine staining. Associations among cancer-detection rates, drinking and smoking habits, and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) genotypes were evaluated. A total of 53 patie...
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