Shahryar Semnani

TL;DR: Drinking hot tea, a habit common in Golestan province, was strongly associated with a higher risk of oesophageal cancer, and a strong agreement was found between responses to the questions on temperature at which tea was drunk and interval from tea being poured to being drunk.

TL;DR: Tobacco use and use of both crude opium and other forms of opium were associated with higher risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, and all forms of tobacco use (cigarettes, hookah, and nass) wereassociated with higher ESCC risk.

TL;DR: A population-based cancer registry confirmed the high incidence of OC in the eastern portion of the Caspian Sea littoral, in the area that is now known as Golestan Province, and a series of studies were conducted in the region in the 1970s, but they were not conclusive in explaining the incidence.

TL;DR: It is found that various dimensions of SES, such as education, wealth and being married were all inversely related to OSCC, and the strongest inverse association was found with education.

TL;DR: It is found that the FFQ provides valid and reliable measurements of habitual intake for energy and most of the nutrients studied.