Mean corpuscular volume, alcohol flushing, and the predicted risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in cancer-free Japanese men.
Yokoyama A, Yokoyama T, Kumagai Y, Kato H, Igaki H, Tsujinaka T, Muto M, Omori T, Yokoyama M, Watanabe H.
Yokoyama A, et al.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2005 Oct;29(10):1877-83. doi: 10.1097/01.alc.0000183168.98680.aa.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2005.
PMID: 16269918
BACKGROUND: Because some of the causes of increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), including alcoholism, acetaldehyde exposure, smoking, and poor nutrition are common to both, macrocytosis has been used as a predictor of early …
BACKGROUND: Because some of the causes of increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), including a …