Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms
El-Omar EM, Rabkin CS, Gammon MD, Vaughan TL, Risch HA, Schoenberg JB, Stanford JL, Mayne ST, Goedert J, Blot WJ, Fraumeni JF, Chow WH. Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms. Gastroenterology 2003, 124: 1193-1201. PMID: 12730860, DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(03)00157-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphismsNoncardia gastric cancerUpper gastrointestinal cancerCytokine gene polymorphismsGastric cancerIL-10Gastrointestinal cancerReceptor antagonistGene polymorphismsPopulation-based case-control studyCytokine genesTumor necrosis factor AAnti-inflammatory cytokine genesIL-1 receptor antagonistGastric H. pylori infectionEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaHelicobacter pylori-related gastric cancerTumor necrosis factor alphaNoncardia gastric adenocarcinomaIL-1 gene clusterFrequency-matched controlsSquamous cell carcinomaH. pylori infectionGastric cardia cancerCase-control study