Inactive aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 increased the risk of pancreatic cancer among smokers in a Japanese male population

Pancreas

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Miyasaka, Kyoko ^a   Kawanami, Takako ^b   Shimokata, Hiroshi ^c   Ohta, Shigeo ^d   Funakoshi, Akihiro ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; ALDH2; Genotype; Pancreatic cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 14244256527     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000147084.70125.41     Document Type: Article

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