Alcohol, DNA methylation, and cancer

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-35

  Varela Rey, Marta ^a   Woodhoo, Ashwin ^a   Martinez Chantar, Maria Luz ^a   Mato, José M ^b   Lu, Shelly C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol use disorders; Alcohol induced cancer development; Breast cancer; Cancer; Carcinogenesis; Chronic alcohol use; Colorectum cancer; DNA methylation; Epigenetic mechanisms; Epigenetics; Risk factors; Upper aerodigestive tract cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883239702     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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