Serum ghrelin is inversely associated with risk of subsequent oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Gwen Murphy; Farin Kamangar; Demetrius Albanes; Frank Z Stanczyk; Stephanie J Weinstein; Philip R Taylor; Jarmo Virtamo; Christian C Abnet; Sanford M Dawsey; Neal D Freedman

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300653

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Oesophagus

Serum ghrelin is inversely associated with risk of subsequent oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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Gwen Murphy 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Farin Kamangar 2Department of Public Health Analysis, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Demetrius Albanes 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frank Z Stanczyk 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephanie J Weinstein 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Philip R Taylor 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jarmo Virtamo 4Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christian C Abnet 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sanford M Dawsey 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Neal D Freedman 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Gwen Murphy, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, DCEG, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS 3034, Rockville, MD 20892, USA; murphygw{at}mail.nih.gov

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Murphy G, Kamangar F, Albanes D, et al

Serum ghrelin is inversely associated with risk of subsequent oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Gut 2012;61:1533-1537.

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Revised November 7, 2011
Accepted November 10, 2011
First published December 16, 2011.

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October 26, 2017

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