Green tea and the risk of gastric cancer: Epidemiological evidence

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 3713-3722

  Hou, I Chun ^a   Amarnani, Saral ^a   Chong, Mok T ^a   Bishayee, Anupam ^a  

^a American University of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Gastric cancer; Green tea

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; WNT PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEA;

EID: 84879574291     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3713     Document Type: Editorial

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