Gastroesophageal reflux in relation to adenocarcinomas of the esophagus: a pooled analysis from the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON).

Previous studies have evidenced an association between gastroesophageal reflux and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA). It is unknown to what extent these associations vary by population, age, sex, body mass index, and cigarette smoking, or whether duration and frequency of symptoms interact in predictin...

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Main Authors: Michael B Cook, Douglas A Corley, Liam J Murray, Linda M Liao, Farin Kamangar, Weimin Ye, Marilie D Gammon, Harvey A Risch, Alan G Casson, Neal D Freedman, Wong-Ho Chow, Anna H Wu, Leslie Bernstein, Olof Nyrén, Nirmala Pandeya, David C Whiteman, Thomas L Vaughan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4116205?pdf=render