Assessment of familiality, obesity, and other risk factors for early age of cancer diagnosis in adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1913-1921

  Chak, Amitabh ^a,b   Falk, Gary ^b,c   Grady, William M ^d   Kinnard, Margaret ^b   Elston, Robert ^b   Mittal, Sumeet ^e   King, James F ^f   Willis, Joseph E ^b   Kondru, Anokh ^a   Brock, Wendy ^a   Barnholtz Sloan, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY MASS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349135441     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.241     Document Type: Article

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