Objective To investigate the role of family aggregation and genetic factors of esophageal
cancer (EC), including carcinoma of gastric cardia (CGC), in Cixian county, and to calculate …

Background In China, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and gastric cardia
adenocarcinoma (GCA) share susceptibility loci, but different rates of multiple primary …

BACKGROUND: To find a genetic component in gastric cardia adenocarcinomas (GCA).
METHODS: Age at onset (AO) and rate of another synchronous primary upper …

A case‐control study involving interviews with 1,244 patients (758 males and 486 females)
with cancer of the esophagus or gastric cardia and 1,314 population‐based controls (789 …

Objective To understand the role of genetic factors in the occurrence of esophageal cancer
(EC). Methods A genetic epidemiological survey of 132 039 subjects, one-tenth of the whole …

Objective To investigate family aggregation of esophageal cancer (EC) in Linzhou city, a
high risk area for EC. Methods A hospital based case-control study were conducted, which …

Abstract 3909 Shanxi Province in north central China has among the highest esophageal
cancer rates in the world. Family history (FH) of cancer has consistently been reported to be …

Background Family history (FH) by different relative types and risk of upper gastrointestinal
(UGI) cancers has been only rarely reported; the data on UGI cancer survival are sparse …

Genetic epidemiological studies have shown that genetic susceptibility to esophageal
cancer (EC) is an important cause of its high incidence within families in some areas of …

Methods A genetic epidemiology survey of one-tenth of the whole population (130,000
people) was conducted in 6 towns of Yangquan City, Shanxi province in 1994. 228 high-risk …