Cigarette Smoking and Esophageal and Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma

Research results of M. D. Gammon et al represent the product of an extensive effort to identify the epidemiology of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia and provide strong additional evidence regarding the cancer burden imposed by tobacco smoking.

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Published inJNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 89; no. 17; pp. 1247 - 1249
Main Authors Zhang, Zuo-Feng, Kurtz, Robert C., Marshall, James R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 03.09.1997
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - etiology
Cancer
Cardia
Case-Control Studies
Editorials
Epidemiology
Esophageal Neoplasms - etiology
Humans
Medical research
Risk
Risk Factors
Smoking
Smoking - adverse effects
Stomach Neoplasms - etiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Throat
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Summary:Research results of M. D. Gammon et al represent the product of an extensive effort to identify the epidemiology of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia and provide strong additional evidence regarding the cancer burden imposed by tobacco smoking.
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Supported in part by Public Health Service grant R01 ES-06718 (Z.-F. Zhang) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; by the Weissman Fund; and by a grant from the Lawrence M. Gelb Foundation (R. C. Kurtz).
Correspondence to: Zuo-Feng Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 71-254 CHS, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772.
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ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/89.17.1247