The association of lymphotoxin-beta receptor with the subsequent diagnosis of incident gastrointestinal cancer: results from the Dallas Heart Study
Author(s) -
Colin P. Bergstrom,
Muhammad Shaalan Beg,
Colby Ayers,
Arjun Gupta,
Ian J. Neeland
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.084
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2219-679X
pISSN - 2078-6891
DOI - 10.21037/jgo.2020.01.04
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , gastrointestinal cancer , oncology , population , cancer registry , quartile , epidemiology , confidence interval , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , environmental health
Lymphotoxin-beta receptor (LTβR) is an immunological protein associated with inflammation, and from preclinical studies is implicated in tumorigenesis. The epidemiological relationships with cancer are unknown, hence this study investigated their associations.
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