Heredity and risk of cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 757-760

  Lagergren, Jesper ^a,b   Ye, Weimin ^b   Lindgren, Anders ^c   Nyrén, Olof ^b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033927944     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Blot, W. J., Devesa, S. S., Kneller, R. W., and Fraumeni, J. F. Rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia. J. Am. Med. Assoc., 265: 1287-1289, 1991.
2. Munoz, N., and Day, N. E. Esophagus. In: D. Schottenfield and J. F. Fraumeni (eds.), Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, pp. 681-706. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
3. Khoury, M. J., Beaty, T. H., and Cohen, B. H. Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology. New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1993.
4. Lagergren, J., Bergström. R., Lindgren, A., and Nyrén, O. Symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux is a strong risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. N. Engl. J. Med., 340: 825-831, 1999.
5. Li, J. Y., Ershow, A. G., Chen, Z. J., Wacholder, S., Li, G. Y., Guo, W., Li, B., and Blot, W. J. A case-control study of cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia in Linxian. Int. J. Cancer, 43: 755-761, 1989.
6. Chang-Claude, J. C., Wahrendorf, J., Liang, Q. S., Rei, Y. G., Munoz, N., Crespi, M., Raedsch, R., Thurnham, D. I., and Correa, P. An epidemiological study of precursor lesions of esophageal cancer among young persons in a high-risk population in Huixian, China. Cancer Res., 50: 2268-2274, 1990.
7. Hu, N., Dawsey, S. M., Wu, M., Bonney, G. E., He, L. J., Han, X. Y., Fu, M., and Taylor, P. R. Familial aggregation of oesophageal cancer in Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province, China. Int. J. Epidemiol., 21: 877-882, 1992.
8. Wang, Y. P., Han, X. Y., Su, W., Wang, Y. L., Zhu, Y. W., Sasaba, T., Nakachi, K., Hoshiyama, Y., and Tagashira, Y. Esophageal cancer in Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China: a case-control study in high and moderate risk areas. Cancer Causes Control, 3: 107-113, 1992.
9. Chang-Claude, J., Becher, H., Blettner, M., Songliang, Q., Guanrei, Y., and Wahrendorf, J. Familial aggregation of oesophageal cancer in a high incidence area in China. Int. J. Epidemiol., 26: 1159-1165, 1997.
10. Morris Brown, L., Blot, W. J., Schuman, S. H., Smith, V. M., Ershow, A. G., Marks, R. D., and Fraumeni, J. F., Jr. Environmental factors and high risk of esophageal cancer among men in coastal South Carolina. J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 80: 1620-1625, 1988.
11. Wynder, E. L., and Bross, I. J. A study of etiological factors in cancer of the esophagus. Cancer (Phila.), 14: 389-413, 1961.
12. Zhang, Z. F., Kurtz, R. C., Sun, M., Karpeh, M., Jr., Yu, G. P., Gargon, N., Fein, J. S., Georgopoulos, S. K., and Harlap, S. Adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia: medical conditions, tobacco, alcohol, and socioeconomic factors. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Prev., 5: 761-768, 1996.
13. Palli, D., Bianchi, S., Decarli, A., Cipriani, F., Avellini, C., Cocco, P., Falcini, F., Puntoni, R., Russo, A., Vindigni, C., Fraumeni, J. F., Blot, W. J., and Buiatti, E. A case-control study of cancers of the gastric cardia in Italy. Br. J. Cancer, 65: 263-266, 1992.
14. Theis, B., Boyd, N., Lockwood, G., and Tritchler, D. Accuracy of family cancer history in breast cancer patients. Eur. J. Cancer Prev., 3: 321-327, 1994.
15. Kerber, R. A., and Slattery, M. L. Comparison of self-reported and database-linked family history of cancer data in a case-control study. Am. J. Epidemiol., 146: 244-248, 1997.
16. Mussio, P., Weber, W., Brunetti, D., Stemmermann, G. N., and Torhorst, J. Taking a family history in cancer patients with a simple questionnaire. Anticancer Res., 18: 2811-2814, 1998.
17. Koch, M., and Hill, G. B. Problems in establishing accurate family history in patients with ovarian cancer of epithelial origin. Cancer Detect. Prev., 10: 279-283, 1987.
18. Douglas, F. S., O'Dair, L. C., Robinson, M., Evans, D. G., and Lynch, S. A. The accuracy of diagnoses as reported in families with cancer: a retrospective study. J. Med. Genet., 36: 309-312, 1999.
19. Rothman, K. J., and Greenland, S. Precision and validity in epidemiologic studies. In: Modern Epidemiology, Ed. 2, pp. 127-132. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1998.
20. Bierut, L. J., Dinwiddie, S. H., Begleiter, H., Crowe, R. R., Hesselbrock, V., Nurnberger, J. I., Jr., Porjesz, B., Schuckit, M. A., and Reich, T. Familial transmission of substance dependence: alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and habitual smoking: a report from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 55: 982-988, 1998.
21. Crabb, D. W., Berk, M. A., Hall, T. R., Conneally, P. M., Biegel, A. A., and Lehman, G. A. Familial gastroesophageal reflux and development of Barrett's esophagus. Ann. Intern. Med., 103: 52-54, 1985.
22. Jochem, V. J., Fuerst, P. A., and Fromkes, J. J. Familial Barrett's esophagus associated with adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology, 102: 1400-1402, 1992.
23. Eng, C., Spechler, S. J., Ruben, R., and Li, F. P. Familial Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Prev., 2: 397-399, 1993.
24. Romero, Y., Cameron, A. J., Locke, G. R., III, Schaid, D. J., Slezak, J. M., Branch, C. D., and Melton, L. J., III. Familial aggregation of gastroesophageal retlux in patients with Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology, 113: 1449-1456, 1997.