Sex hormones, hormonal interventions, and gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev on October 25, 2011

Authors

M Constanza Camargo1, Yasuyuki Goto, Jovanny Zabaleta, Douglas R Morgan, Pelayo Correa, Charles S Rabkin

Author Affiliations

1: Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS/6116, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. camargomc@mail.nih.gov

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