Risk factors for biliary tract cancers

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-152

  Khan, Zareen R ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^a,b   Ahsan, Habibul ^a   Chabot, John A ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032895258     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00786.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Abi-Rached B., Neugut A.I. Diagnostic and management issues in gallbladder carcinoma. Oncology. 9:1995;19-24.
2. Pollard L., Hobson S.J., Denham M.J. Carcinoma of the gallbladder and biliary tree - is earlier diagnosis possible? Br J Clin Pract. 39:1985;429-431.
3. Chao T.-C., Greager J.A. Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder. J Surg Oncol. 46:1991;215-221.
4. Wanebo H.J., Vezeridis M.P. Carcinoma of the gallbladder. J Surg Oncol (suppl). 3:1993;134-139.
5. Chow W.-H., McLaughlin J.K., Menk H.R., Mack T.M. Risk factors for extrahepatic bile duct cancers: Los Angeles County, California (USA). Cancer Causes Control. 5:1994;267-272.
6. US Department of Health and Human Services. Vital statistics of the United States 1980, Vol. 2, part A. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1985:100.
7. Diehl A.K. Epidemiology of gallbladder cancer A synthesis of recent data . J Natl Cancer Inst. 65:1980;1209-1214.
8. Tominaga S., Kuroishi T. Biliary tract cancer. Cancer Surv. 19/20:1994;125-137.
9. Piehler J.M., Crichlow R.W. Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder. Surg Gyn Obst. 147:1978;929-942.
10. Fraumeni J.F. Cancers of the pancreas and biliary tract Epidemiological considerations . Cancer Res. 35:1975;3437-3446.
11. Kraybil W.G., Lee H., Picus J., et al. Multidisciplinary treatment of biliary tract cancers. J Surg Oncol. 55:1984;239-245.
12. Lowenfels A.B., Lindstrom C.G., Conway M.J., Hastings P.R. Gallstones and risk of gallbladder cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 75:1985;77-80.
13. Diehl A.K. Gallstone size and the risk of gallbladder cancer. J Am Med Assn. 250:1983;2323-2326.
14. Bond G.G., McLaren E.A., Sabel F.L., et al. Liver and biliary tract cancer among chemical workers. Am J Indust Med. 18:1990;19-24.
15. Brandt-Rauf P.W., Hathaway J.A. Biliary tract cancer in the chemical industry A proportional mortality study . Br J Indust Med. 43:1986;716-717.
16. Moerman C.J., Bueno de Mesquita H.B., Runia S. Dietary sugar intake in the aetiology of biliary tract cancer. Int J Epidemiol. 22:1993;207-214.
17. Sons H.U., Borchard F. Carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts A postmortem study of 65 cases and review of the literature . J Surg Oncol. 34:1987;6-12.
18. Strom B.L., Hibberd P.L., Soper K.A., et al. International variations in epidemiology of cancers of the extrahepatic biliary tract. Cancer Res. 45:1985;5165-5168.
19. Altaee M.Y., Johnson P.J., Farrant J.M., Williams R. Etiologic and clinical characteristics of peripheral and hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Cancer. 68:1991;2051-2055.
20. Kato K., Akai S., Tominaga S., Kato I. A case-control study of biliary tract cancer in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Jpn J Cancer Res. 80:1989;932-938.
21. Moerman C.J., Berns M.P.H., Bueno de Mesquita H.B., Runia S. Reproductive history and cancer of the biliary tract in women. Int J Cancer. 57:1994;146-153.
22. Yen S., Hsieh C.-C., MacMahon B. Extrahepatic bile duct cancer and smoking, beverage consumption, past medical history, and oral contraceptive use. Cancer. 59:1987;2112-2116.
23. Department of Health and Human Services. ICD-9-CM: International classification of diseases. 9th revision, clinical modification. Volume 1. Diseases: Tabular list, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1980 (DHHS publication no. [PHS]: 80-1260).
24. Breslow N.E., Day N.E. Statistical methods in cancer research. Vol I. The analysis of case-control studies. 1980;IARC Scientific Publications 32, Lyon.
25. Rothman K.J. Modern epidemiology. 1986;Little, Brown, Boston.
26. Maclure K.M., Hayes K.C., Colditz G.A., et al. Dietary predictors of symptom-associated gallstones in middle-aged women. Am J Clin Nutr. 52:1990;916-922.
27. Neugut A.I., Nieves J. The use of clinical data in studies of cancer etiology. Cancer Prev. 1:1990;8-12.