The worldwide rates for histology-and subsite-specific types of esophageal and gastric cancer reveal strikingly divergent patterns. The contribution of environmental and genetic factors has been explored in several high-incidence areas, but data on genetic influences are scarce for Western countries
Family history and the risk of gastric cancer
β Scribed by Yaghoobi, M; Bijarchi, R; Narod, S A
- Book ID
- 110000212
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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