Esophageal cancer in relation to alcohol drinking and tobacco use among men in Kerala, India – Karunagappally cohort

In the Karunagappally cohort, esophageal cancer is the third most common cancer with an age-adjusted incidence rate of 6.2 per 100,000 person-years among men. The present study analyzed the risk of esophageal cancer in relation to alcohol drinking and tobacco use.The study included 65,528 men aged 30-84 years in the Karunagappally cohort, India.Poisson regression analysis showed that alcohol drinking significantly increased (P = 0.027) the risk...