Genetic variation at 8q24, family history of cancer, and upper gastrointestinal cancers in a Chinese population

Familial Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-56

  Tarleton, Heather P ^a   Chang, Shen Chih ^b   Park, Sungshim Lani ^c   Cai, Lin ^d   Ding, Baoguo ^e   He, Na ^f   Hussain, Shehnaz K ^b,g   Jiang, Qingwu ^f   Mu, Li Na ^h   Rao, Jianyu ^b   Wang, Hua ⁱ   You, Nai Chieh Y ^b   Yu, Shun Zhang ^f   Zhao, Jin Kou ^j   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^b,g  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Taixing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)   (China)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^j JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

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Author keywords

8q24 SNPs; Esophageal cancer; Family history of cancer; Hepatitis B; Liver cancer; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 8; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84896706931     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: 15737292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-013-9673-4     Document Type: Article

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