Wang, Qian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1201-865X
Hashemian, Maryam
Sepanlou, Sadaf G.
Sharafkhah, Maryam
Poustchi, Hossein
Khoshnia, Masoud
Gharavi, Abdolsamad
Pourshams, Akram
Malekshah, Akbar Fazeltabar
Kamangar, Farin
Etemadi, Arash
Abnet, Christian C.
Dawsey, Sanford M.
Malekzadeh, Reza
Boffetta, Paolo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (C20/A5860)
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (grant number: 81/15)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer
The Intramural Research Program of the U.S. National Cancer Institute
Article History
Received: 29 July 2020
Accepted: 28 January 2021
First Online: 21 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The GCS was approved by the institutional review boards (IRB) of the Digestive Disease Research Institute of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (reference number: FWA00001331), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (reference number: CN/23/3), and the US National Cancer Institute.
: A written informed consent was obtained from all study participants.