Cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking and esophageal cancer risk in Taiwanese women

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 16; no. 12; pp. 1518 - 1521
• Main Authors: Tai, Shu-Yu, Wu, I-Chen, Wu, Deng-Chyang, Su, Hung-Ju, Huang, Jie-Len, Tsai, Hui-Jen, Lu, Chien-Yu, Lee, Jang-Ming, Wu, Ming-Tsang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, China%Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, China 28.03.2010; Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical Universit%Biomedical Engineering Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu City 310, Taiwan, China%Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, China%Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan, China%Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, China; Graduate Institute of Occupational Safety & Health, Kaohsiung Medical; Baishideng
• Subjects: Aged; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcohol Drinking - ethnology; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Brief; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - ethnology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - etiology; Case-Control Studies; Esophageal Neoplasms - ethnology; Esophageal Neoplasms - etiology; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Middle Aged; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Smoking - adverse effects; Smoking - ethnology; Taiwan - epidemiology; Women's Health; Taiwan; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Alcohol drinking; Cigarette smoking; Taiwanese women
• ISSN: 1007-9327; 2219-2840
• DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i12.1518

AIM:To investigate the etiology of esophageal cancer among Taiwanese women.METHODS:This is a multi-center,hospital-based,case-control study.Case patients consisted of women who were newly diagnosed and pathology-proven to have esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) from three large medical centers(one from Northern and two from Southern Taiwan,respectively)between August 2000 and December 2008.Each ESCC patient was matched with 4 healthy women based on age(within 3 years)and hospital of origin,from the De...