Areca nut is associated with younger age of diagnosis, poor chemoradiotherapy response, and shorter overall survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

OBJECTIVE: Areca nut chewing is carcinogenic to humans. However, little is known about the impact of areca nut chewing on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 286 ESCC patients who received surgery or preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery at ou...

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Autores principales: Chen, Chang-Han, Lu, Hung-I, Wang, Yu-Ming, Chen, Yen-Hao, Lo, Chien-Ming, Huang, Wan-Ting, Li, Shau-Hsuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172752

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