Metabolic syndrome and risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma in elderly patients in the United States: An analysis of SEER-Medicare data

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• 作者：Jennifer Drahos ; Winnie Ricker ; Ruth M. Pfeiffer and Michael B. Cook
• 刊名：Cancer
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 15, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：123
• 期：4
• 页码：657-665
• 全文大小：126K
• ISSN：1097-0142

文摘

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with cancer risk and increases the risk of Barrett esophagus, which is the precursor lesion of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA), primarily in the absence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, to the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding whether MetS is associated with the risk of EA.