Oesophageal cancer in Golestan Province, a high-incidence area in northern Iran - A review

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3156-3165

  Islami, Farhad ^a,b,c   Kamangar, Farin ^a,d,e   Nasrollahzadeh, Dariush ^a,f   Møller, Henrik ^c   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Carcinoma; Epidemiology; Iran; Oesophageal neoplasms; Review; Risk factors; squamous cell

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MYCOTOXIN; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DENTAL HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRUIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STOMACH DISEASE; TEA; VEGETABLE; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ASIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TURKMENISTAN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70549098167     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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