Alcohol Drinking and Bladder Cancer Risk From a Pooled Analysis of Ten Cohort Studies in Japan

Background: The association of alcohol drinking with bladder cancer risk remains unclear in East Asian populations. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) enzyme oxidizes alcohol-metabolized carcinogenic acetaldehyde into acetate. It is well known that the inactive ALDH2 carriers, specific to East Asian p...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Masaoka, Keitaro Matsuo, Isao Oze, Hidemi Ito, Mariko Naito, Keiko Wada, Chisato Nagata, Tomio Nakayama, Yuri Kitamura, Atsuko Sadakane, Akiko Tamakoshi, Ichiro Tsuji, Yumi Sugawara, Norie Sawada, Tetsuya Mizoue, Manami Inoue, Keitaro Tanaka, Shoichiro Tsugane, Taichi Shimazu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/30/7/30_JE20190014/_pdf