ABO Blood Group and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Study in Shanghai and Meta-Analysis
Risch HA, Lu L, Wang J, Zhang W, Ni Q, Gao YT, Yu H. ABO Blood Group and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Study in Shanghai and Meta-Analysis. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2013, 177: 1326-1337. PMID: 23652164, PMCID: PMC3732019, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsABO blood groupGroup BBlood groupPancreatic cancerNonendemic populationsGroup ASummary odds ratio (OR) estimatesGastric epithelial expressionPositive Helicobacter pyloriCagA-negative H. pylori strainsCytotoxin-associated genePancreatic cancer casesBlood group BOdds ratio estimatesH. pylori strainsPooled studiesCancer casesEpithelial expressionHigh riskB antigensGroup OSystematic reviewMeta-AnalysisHelicobacter pyloriPylori strains