Association between circulating levels of sex steroid hormones and esophageal adenocarcinoma in the FINBAR Study.

Jessica L PetrickRoni T FalkPaula L HylandPatrick CaronRuth M PfeifferShannon N WoodSanford M DawseyChristian C AbnetPhilip R TaylorChantal GuillemetteLiam J MurrayLesley A AndersonMichael B Cook

Published in: PloS one (2018)

This first study of sex steroid hormones and EA provides tentative evidence that androgen:estrogen balance may be a factor related to EA. Replication of these findings in prospective studies is needed to enhance confidence in the causality of this effect.

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emergency department
rectal cancer