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SUBMITTER: Li Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3376697 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Qian Q Chuang Shu-Chun SC Eluf-Neto Jose J Menezes Ana A Matos Elena E Koifman Sergio S Wünsch-Filho Victor V Fernandez Leticia L Daudt Alexander W AW Curado Maria Paula MP Winn Deborah M DM Franceschi Silvia S Herrero Rolando R Castellsague Xavier X Morgenstern Hal H Zhang Zuo-Feng ZF Lazarus Philip P Muscat Joshua J McClean Michael M Kelsey Karl T KT Hayes Richard B RB Purdue Mark P MP Schwartz Stephen M SM Chen Chu C Benhamou Simone S Olshan Andrew F AF Yu Guopei G Schantz Stimson S Ferro Gilles G Brennan Paul P Boffetta Paolo P Hashibe Mia M
International journal of cancer 20120127 7
To investigate the potential role of vitamin or mineral supplementation on the risk of head and neck cancer (HNC), we analyzed individual-level pooled data from 12 case-control studies (7,002 HNC cases and 8,383 controls) participating in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology consortium. There were a total of 2,028 oral cavity cancer, 2,465 pharyngeal cancer, 874 unspecified oral/pharynx cancer, 1,329 laryngeal cancer and 306 overlapping HNC cases. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confiden ...[more]