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New Study: Smoking Linked to Stomach and Liver Cancer [04/05-2]
Excerpts from: Smoking linked to stomach, liver cancer
Joong Ang Daily [04/05/05]
A study by Korean researchers has found that men who smoke cigarettes have a
much higher risk of stomach and liver cancer.
Stomach cancer is the most common form of cancer among Korean men, followed by lung cancer and liver cancer. "We knew there was a link between smoking and lung cancer, but the study found that smoking also affects the stomach and liver," said Yun Young-ho, head of the Quality and Cancer Care Branch at the National Cancer Center and one of the study's lead researchers, along with Yoo Tai-woo, a professor of family medicine at Seoul National University.
The study, published in the January-February issue of the peer-reviewed U.S. journal Cancer Detection and Prevention, found a 62-percent increase in the risk for stomach cancer among smokers. For liver cancer, the risk increased by 50 percent.
The study tracked 733,134 men age 30 or older who were insured by the National Health Insurance Corporation. Of those men, 7,204 were diagnosed with cancer during the four-year study period.
"Korean studies related to smoking and cancer have generally depended on mortality data," said Mr. Yun. "But these results are based on people who were diagnosed with cancer during our research, which shows a clearer connection."
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