Cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking and esophageal cancer risk in Taiwanese women

AIM:To investigate the etiology of esophageal cancer among Taiwanese women.METHODS:This is a multi-center,hospital-based,case-control study.Case patients consisted of women who were newly diagnosed and pathology-proven to have esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) from three large medical centers...

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Published in:World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2010-03, Vol.16 (12), p.1518-1521
Main Authors: Tai, Shu-Yu, Wu, I-Chen, Wu, Deng-Chyang, Su, Hung-Ju, Huang, Jie-Len, Tsai, Hui-Jen, Lu, Chien-Yu, Lee, Jang-Ming, Wu, Ming-Tsang
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
Alcohol Drinking - ethnology
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Brief
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - ethnology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - etiology
Case-Control Studies
Esophageal Neoplasms - ethnology
Esophageal Neoplasms - etiology
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - ethnology
Taiwan - epidemiology
Women's Health
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Summary:AIM:To investigate the etiology of esophageal cancer among Taiwanese women.METHODS:This is a multi-center,hospital-based,case-control study.Case patients consisted of women who were newly diagnosed and pathology-proven to have esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) from three large medical centers(one from Northern and two from Southern Taiwan,respectively)between August 2000 and December 2008.Each ESCC patient was matched with 4 healthy women based on age(within 3 years)and hospital of origin,from the De...
ISSN:1007-9327
2219-2840
DOI:10.3748/wjg.v16.i12.1518