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    Polymorphic variation of CYP1A1 is associated with the risk of gastric cardia cancer: a prospective case–cohort study of cytochrome P-450 1A1 and GST enzymes

    Objective: To determine if genetic polymorphisms of CYP1A1, GSTM1, GSTP1, or GSTT1 are associated with an increased risk of develo** esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), gastric cardia cancer (GCC), or e...

    Mark J. Roth, Christian C. Abnet, Laura Lee Johnson in Cancer Causes & Control (2004)

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    Prospective study of serum retinol, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, and lutein/zeaxanthin and esophageal and gastric cancers in China

    Objective: This study examined the relationship between pretrial serum concentrations of retinol, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, and lutein/zeaxanthin and the subsequent risk of develo** esophageal squamous cell...

    Christian C. Abnet, You-Lin Qiao, Sanford M. Dawsey in Cancer Causes & Control (2003)

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    Toenail selenium concentration and lung cancer in male smokers (Finland)

    Background: The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the association between toenail selenium concentration and lung cancer risk in male smokers. Methods: We conducted a nested case–control study with...

    Terryl J. Hartman, Philip R. Taylor, Georg Alfthan in Cancer Causes & Control (2002)

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    A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer. VII. Cruciferous and other vegetables (International)

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between cruciferous and other vegetables and thyroid cancer risk we systematically reanalyzed the original data from 11 case–control studies conducted in the US, Asia,...

    Cristina Bosetti, Eva Negri, Laurence Kolonel, Elaine Ron in Cancer Causes & Control (2002)

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    Influence Function Based Variance Estimation and Missing Data Issues in Case-Cohort Studies

    Recognizing that the efficiency in relative risk estimation for the Cox proportional hazards model is largely constrained by the total number of cases, Prentice (1986) proposed the case-cohort design in which ...

    Steven D. Mark, Hormuzd Katki in Lifetime Data Analysis (2001)

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    Prospective study of tooth loss and incident esophageal and gastric cancers in China

    Objective: To determine the association between tooth loss and the risk of develo** esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, or gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma in a prospective stud...

    Christian C. Abnet, You-Lin Qiao, Steven D. Mark, Zhi-Wei Dong in Cancer Causes & Control (2001)

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    Sphingolipids as biomarkers of fumonisin exposure and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China

    Objective: Ecologic studies of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) have reported an association with consumption of maize contaminated with Fusarium verticillioides, which produce fungal toxins referred to...

    Christian C. Abnet, Craig B. Borkowf, You-Lin Qiao in Cancer Causes & Control (2001)

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    A Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies of Thyroid Cancer. VI. Fish and Shellfish Consumption

    Objective: To better understand the role of fish and shellfish on thyroid cancer risk, we systematically re-analyzed the original data from 13 case–control studies conducted in the US, Japan, China, and Europe.

    Cristina Bosetti, Laurence Kolonel, Eva Negri, Elaine Ron in Cancer Causes & Control (2001)

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    A pooled analysis of thyroid cancer studies. V. Anthropometric factors

    Objective: To assess the relation between anthropometric factors and thyroid cancer risk in a pooled analysis of individual data from 12 case–control studies conducted in the US, Japan, China and Europe.

    Luigino Dal Maso, Carlo La Vecchia, Silvia Franceschi in Cancer Causes & Control (2000)

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    A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer. IV. Benign thyroid diseases

    Objective: To obtain more precise estimates of the association between thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases and to elucidate the role of potential confounders or effect modifiers.

    Silvia Franceschi, Susan Preston-Martin, Luigino Dal Maso in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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    A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer¶ III. Oral contraceptives, menopausal replacement therapy and other female hormones

    Objective: The relations between oral contraceptives (OC), hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause, and other female hormone use and thyroid cancer risk was analyzed using the original data from 13 stu...

    Carlo La Vecchia, Elaine Ron, Silvia Franceschi in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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    A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer ¶II. Menstrual and reproductive factors

    Objective: It has been suggested that female hormones, and hence menstrual and reproductive factors, play a role in thyroid cancer etiology. Epidemiological data, however, are limited and inconsistent, partly ...

    Eva Negri, Luigino Dal Maso, Elaine Ron, Carlo La Vecchia in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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    A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer¶ I. Methods

    Objective: Because the etiology of thyroid cancer is not well described, we conducted a pooled analysis of all published case- control studies, as well as two identified unpublished studies. This paper describ...

    Eva Negri, Elaine Ron, Silvia Franceschi, Luigino Dal Maso in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)