We performed a genome-wide association study of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)
by genotyping 1,077 individuals with ESCC and 1,733 control subjects of Chinese …

We conducted a joint (pooled) analysis of three genome-wide association studies (GWAS) 1
, 2 , 3 of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in individuals of Chinese ancestry (…

Background Nutrition deficiencies or poverty traditionally have been recognized to be related
with increased risk for esophageal cancer (EC) in rural regions at junction of Henan, Hebei…

Decidualization is an essential step in the establishment of pregnancy. However, the functional
contributions of long intergenic noncoding RNAs (LincRNAs) to decidualization have not …

AIM: To investigate the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and
concurrent esophagus and gastric cardia cancer from the same patient (CC) and examine the …

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common aggressive
malignancies worldwide, particularly in northern China. The absence of specific early symptoms …

Background Esophageal cancer (EC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in
Linzhou (formerly Linxian) and Huixian of Henan province, northern China, which has been …

Background: Anyang County and nearby Linzhou (formerly Linxian) in Henan, Northern China
have been well recognized as the highest incidence area for esophageal squamous cell …

AIM: To characterize the alteration and significance of p53 and PCNA in cancer and adjacent
tissues of concurrent cancers from the esophagus and gastric cardia in the same patient. …

Background The role of tumor suppressor gene RASSF1A in the esophageal and gastric
cardia carcinogenesis is still inconclusive. In this study, the polymorphism, promoter …