Body iron status and gastric cancer risk in the EURGAST study

• Main Authors: Fonseca-Nunes, A., Agudo, A., Aranda, N., Arija, V., Cross, A.J., Molina, E., Jose Sanchez, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B, Siersema, P., Weiderpass, E., Krogh, V., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Saieva, C., Naccarati, A., Ohlsson, B., Sjoberg, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.C., Cadeau, C., Fagherazzi, G., Boeing, H., Steffen, A., Kuehn, T., Katzke, V., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Khaw, K.T, Wareham, N., Key, T., Lu, Y., Riboli, E., Peeters, P.H., Gavrila, D., Dorronsoro, M., Ramon Quiros, J., Barricarte, A., Jenab, M., Zamora-Ros, R., Freisling, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Bamia, C., Jakszyn, P.
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2015
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/16187/

Although it appears biologically plausible for iron to be associated with gastric carcinogenesis, the evidence is insufficient to lead to any conclusions. To further investigate the relationship between body iron status and gastric cancer risk, we conducted a nested case-control study in the multice...