Substance Use (Alcohol, Areca Nut and Cigarette) Is Associated with Poor Prognosis of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wu, I Chen ^a,b   Wu, Chun Chieh ^c   Lu, Chien Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Wen Hung ^a,d   Wu, Meng Chieh ^a,d   Lee, Jui Ying ^a   Chou, Shah Hwa ^a   Lee, Jang Ming ^e   Chou, Yi Ping ^f   Wu, Deng Chyang ^a,b,d   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,c,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873598334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055834     Document Type: Article

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