Int J Cancer. 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29688. [Epub ahead of print] Age-specific risk factor profiles of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus: A pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium. Drahos J, Xiao Q, Risch HA, Freedman ND, Abnet CC, Anderson LA, Bernstein L, Brown L, Chow WH, Gammon MD, Kamangar F, Liao LM, Murray LJ, Ward MH, Ye W, Wu … Continue reading →
Thanks to Jay Lubin, along with the writing committee, for their efforts in publishing: “The importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the BEACON Consortium,” which is in press in the journal Cancer Epidemiology. … Continue reading →
Update #2: Due to small numbers of previously known Barrett’s, this proposal has been withdrawn (14Jul2011). Update: Proposal uploaded to BEACON Consortium Resources site. (see “Member Page”). The proposal developed by Christina Persson and Michael Cook at NCI to investigate the degree to which major risk factors for esophageal adenocarcinoma vary by history of Barrett’s esophagus and previous endoscopies has … Continue reading →
Update: Smoking paper now published in JNCI: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print] Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium. Cook MB, Kamangar F, Whiteman DC, Freedman ND, Gammon MD, Bernstein L, Brown LM, Risch HA, Ye W, Sharp L, Pandeya N, Webb PM, … Continue reading →