Polymorphisms in Genes of Relevance for Oestrogen and Oxytocin Pathways and Risk of Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Pooled Analysis from the BEACON Consortium

BACKGROUND: The strong male predominance in oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) and Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) continues to puzzle. Hormonal influence, e.g. oestrogen or oxytocin, might contribute. METHODS: This genetic-epidemiological study pooled 14 studies from three continents, Australia, Europe, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS One
Hauptverfasser: Lagergren, Katarina, Ek, Weronica E., Levine, David, Chow, Wong-Ho, Bernstein, Leslie, Casson, Alan G., Risch, Harvey A., Shaheen, Nicholas J., Bird, Nigel C., Reid, Brian J., Corley, Douglas A., Hardie, Laura J., Wu, Anna H., Fitzgerald, Rebecca C., Pharoah, Paul, Caldas, Carlos, Romero, Yvonne, Vaughan, Thomas L., MacGregor, Stuart, Whiteman, David, Westberg, Lars, Nyren, Olof, Lagergren, Jesper
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583498/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26406593
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138738
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