Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 541-549 , February 2010

History of Peptic Ulcer Disease and Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Men

  • Ying Bao

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Donna Spiegelman

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Ruifeng Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Edward Giovannucci

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Charles S. Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Dominique S. Michaud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Dominique S. Michaud, ScD, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. fax: (44) 0-207-594-3196

Received 9 May 2009 ,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This study was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (grant number CA124908).

PII: S0016-5085(09)01754-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.059

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 541-549 , February 2010

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