Melanosis and squamous cell neoplasms of the upper aerodigestive tract in Japanese alcoholic men

Cancer Science

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 905-911

  Yokoyama, Akira ^a   Mizukami, Takeshi ^a   Omori, Tai ^b   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^c   Hirota, Teruyuki ^d   Matsushita, Sachio ^a   Higuchi, Susumu ^a   Maruyama, Katsuya ^a   Ishii, Hiromasa ^e   Hibi, Toshifumi ^e  

^a KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d SRL INC   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; IODINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PALATE DISEASE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 33746617964     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2006.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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