Alcohol consumption and cancer of the gastrointestinal tract

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 297-303

  Seitz, Helmut K ^a,b   Maurer, Britta ^a   Stickel, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Salem   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol consumption, chronic; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Colorectal cancer; Gastrointestinal cancer; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; ISOENZYME; MUTAGENIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; ZINC;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MALNUTRITION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644656547     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090177     Document Type: Article

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