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SUBMITTER: Stott-Miller M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3275674 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stott-Miller Marni M Chen Chu C Chuang Shu-Chun SC Lee Yuan-Chin Amy YC Boccia Stefania S Brenner Hermann H Cadoni Gabriela G Dal Maso Luigino L La Vecchia Carlo C Lazarus Philip P Levi Fabio F Matsuo Keitaro K Morgenstern Hal H Müller Heiko H Muscat Joshua J Olshan Andrew F AF Purdue Mark P MP Serraino Diego D Vaughan Thomas L TL Zhang Zuo-Feng ZF Boffetta Paolo P Hashibe Mia M Schwartz Stephen M SM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20111205 2
<h4>Background</h4>A history of diabetes is associated with an increased risk of several types of cancers. Whether diabetes is a risk factor for head and neck cancer (HNC) has received little attention.<h4>Methods</h4>We pooled data from 12 case-control studies including 6,448 cases and 13,747 controls, and estimated OR and 95% CI for the associations between diabetes and HNC, adjusted for age, education level, sex, race/ethnicity, study center, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and body mass inde ...[more]