Oesophageal cancer in women: tobacco, alcohol, nutritional and hormonal factors

Silvano Gallus; Cristina Bosetti; Silvia Franceschi; Fabio Levi; Lorenzo Simonato; Eva Negri; Carlo La Vecchia

doi:10.1054/bjoc.2001.1898

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We analysed 3 case-control studies from Italy and Switzerland including 114 women with squamous cell oesophageal cancer and 425 controls. The multivariate odds ratio was 4.5 for heavy smoking and 5.4 for heavy alcohol drinking. Fruit intake, vegetable intake, oral contraceptive and HRT use were inversely related to oesophageal cancer.

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