Possible association between a genetic polymorphism at 8q24 and risk of upper gastrointestinal cancer
Lochhead P, Ng MT, Hold GL, Rabkin CS, Vaughan TL, Gammon MD, Risch HA, Lissowska J, Mukhopadhya I, Chow WH, El-Omar EM. Possible association between a genetic polymorphism at 8q24 and risk of upper gastrointestinal cancer. European Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2011, 20: 54-57. PMID: 21102338, PMCID: PMC3020097, DOI: 10.1097/cej.0b013e328341e320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOesophageal cancerOdds ratioStudy populationCancer riskPopulation-based case-control studyUpper gastrointestinal cancer riskOesophageal squamous cell carcinomaGastrointestinal cancer riskWide association studies-identified single-nucleotide polymorphismsNoncardia gastric cancerSquamous cell carcinomaUpper gastrointestinal cancerCase-control studyColorectal cancer susceptibilitySecond study populationGastric cancer casesGastric cancer riskPotential confounding variablesFirst study populationCardia cancerCell carcinomaGastrointestinal cancerInverse associationCancer casesGastric cancer