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Wong-Ho Chow

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  79
Citations -  6648

Wong-Ho Chow is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 79 publications receiving 6268 citations. Previous affiliations of Wong-Ho Chow include Columbia University & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms

TL;DR: A proinflammatory cytokine genetic profile increases the risk of noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma but not other upper gastrointestinal cancers, possibly by inducing a hypochlorhydric and atrophic response to gastric H. pylori infection.
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Cancer Incidence in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients Hospitalized With Diabetes Mellitus in Denmark

TL;DR: Patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of diabetes appear to be at higher risk of developing cancers of the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, endometrium, and kidney, however, the elevated risks of endometrial and kidney cancers may be confounded by obesity.

Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

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TL;DR: Large chromosomal abnormalities in a subset of clones in DNA obtained from blood or buccal samples underscore the time-dependent nature of somatic events in the etiology of cancer and potentially other late-onset diseases.
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Oesophageal cancer incidence in the United States by race, sex, and histologic type, 1977–2005

TL;DR: Total oesophageal cancer incidence has been increasing among Whites only; the rates among all other race groups have declined and observations may provide clues for aetiological research.