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Does type 2 diabetes influence the risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma?

Since hyperinsulinaemia may promote obesity-linked cancers, we compared type 2 diabetes prevalence among oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) patients and population controls. Diabetes increased the risk of OAC (adjusted odds ratio 1.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04–2.43), although the risk was att...

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Autores principales: Neale, R E, Doecke, J D, Pandeya, N, Sadhegi, S, Green, A C, Webb, P M, Whiteman, D C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19190630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604908