Alcohol drinking and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with focus on light-drinkers and never-smokers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2473-2484

  Islami, Farhad ^a,b,c   Fedirko, Veronika ^a   Tramacere, Irene ^d   Bagnardi, Vincenzo ^e,f   Jenab, Mazda ^a   Scotti, Lorenza ^e   Rota, Matteo ^e   Corrao, Giovanni ^e   Garavello, Werner ^d,g   Schüz, Joachim ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a   Negri, Eva ^d   Boffetta, Paolo ^h,i   La Vecchia, Carlo ^d,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; esophageal cancer; meta analysis; review; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 80052965561     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25885     Document Type: Article

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