Milk Consumption Across Life Periods in Relation to Lower Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Multicentre Case-Control Study

Milk Consumption Across Life Periods in Relation to Lower Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Multicentre Case-Control Study

Background: The much higher incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in men suggests sex hormones as a risk factor, and dairy products contain measurable amounts of steroid hormones. Milk consumption has greatly increased in endemic regions of NPC. We investigated the association between NPC and...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Ming Mai, Jia-Huang Lin, Roger Kai-Cheong Ngan, Dora Lai-Wan Kwong, Wai-Tong Ng, Alice Wan-Ying Ng, Kam-Tong Yuen, Dennis Kai Ming Ip, Yap-Hang Chan, Anne Wing-Mui Lee, Sai-Yin Ho, Maria Li Lung, Tai-Hing Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
milk
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
case-control study
life-course
multiple imputation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00253/full

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