Polymorphisms in genes in the androgen pathway and risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
Ek WE, Lagergren K, Cook M, Wu AH, Abnet CC, Levine D, Chow W, Bernstein L, Risch HA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Corley DA, Hardie LJ, Fitzgerald RC, Gammon MD, Romero Y, Liu G, Ye W, Vaughan TL, MacGregor S, Whiteman DC, Westberg L, Lagergren J. Polymorphisms in genes in the androgen pathway and risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. International Journal Of Cancer 2015, 138: 1146-1152. PMID: 26414697, PMCID: PMC4715576, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of BEBarrett's esophagusEsophageal adenocarcinomaSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAndrogen pathwayRisk of EACStrong male predominanceBody mass indexMale predominanceTobacco smokingTobacco smokersBE patientsHip ratioEAC patientsSex hormonesReflux statusLarger sample sizeEsophagusInfluence riskGenetic epidemiological analysisPatientsControl participantsAdenocarcinomaRiskGenetic variants