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SUBMITTER: Bao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3650127 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bao Ying Y Giovannucci Edward L EL Kraft Peter P Qian Zhi Rong ZR Wu Chen C Ogino Shuji S Gaziano J Michael JM Stampfer Meir J MJ Ma Jing J Buring Julie E JE Sesso Howard D HD Lee I-Min IM Rifai Nader N Pollak Michael N MN Jiao Li L Lessin Lawrence L Cochrane Barbara B BB Manson Joann E JE Fuchs Charles S CS Wolpin Brian M BM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20130305 5
Chronic inflammation may play a role in the development of pancreatic cancer. However, few prospective studies have examined the association between plasma inflammatory markers and pancreatic cancer risk. Therefore, we investigated the association of prediagnostic circulating C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and TNF-α receptor II (TNF-αR2) with subsequent pancreatic cancer risk in a prospective, nested case-control study of 470 cases and 1,094 controls from Health Professionals Fo ...[more]