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Meta-Analysis
. 2006 Dec;36(12):800-7.
doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyl112.

Tobacco smoking and gastric cancer risk: an evaluation based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence among the Japanese population

Yoshikazu Nishino  1 , Manami Inoue, Ichiro Tsuji, Kenji Wakai, Chisato Nagata, Tetsuya Mizoue, Keitaro Tanaka, Shoichiro Tsugane; Research Group for the Development and Evaluation of Cancer Prevention Strategies in Japan
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Meta-Analysis

Tobacco smoking and gastric cancer risk: an evaluation based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence among the Japanese population

Yoshikazu Nishino et al. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

Background: We evaluated the association between tobacco smoking and gastric cancer risk among the Japanese population based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence.

Methods: Original data were collected by searches of MEDLINE using PubMed, complemented with manual searches. Evaluation of associations was based on the strength of evidence and the magnitude of association, together with biological plausibility, as evaluated previously by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Results: Ten cohort studies and 16 case-control studies were identified. In men, most studies reported moderate or strong positive associations between smoking and gastric cancer. In women, the positive association was weaker than in men. Of eight studies (three cohort studies and five case-case control studies), two cohort and three case control studies reported a weakly to strongly increased risk of gastric cancer. The summary relative risk for current smokers was estimated to be 1.56 (95% confidence intervals 1.36-1.80), 1.79 (1.51-2.12), 1.22 (1.07-1.38) for the total population, men and women, respectively.

Conclusion: We conclude that there is convincing evidence that tobacco smoking moderately increases the risk of gastric cancer among the Japanese population.

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