Alcohol and liver cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1526-1535

  Turati, F ^a   Galeone, C ^a   Rota, M ^a,b   Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Negri, E ^a   Bagnardi, V ^b,c   Corrao, G ^b   Boffetta, P ^d   La Vecchia, C ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Liver cancer; Meta analysis; Risk factors; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905185146     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu020     Document Type: Review

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