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Association of frequent consumption of fatty fish with prostate cancer risk is modified by COX-2 polymorphism

  1. Maria Hedelin1,†,*,
  2. Ellen T. Chang1,2,
  3. Fredrik Wiklund1,3,
  4. Rino Bellocco1,4,
  5. Åsa Klint1,
  6. Jan Adolfsson5,
  7. Katarina Shahedi3,
  8. Jianfeng Xu6,
  9. Hans-Olov Adami1,7,
  10. Henrik Grönberg1,3,
  11. Katarina Augustsson Bälter1

Article first published online: 25 OCT 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22319

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 120, Issue 2, pages 398–405, 15 January 2007

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Hedelin, M., Chang, E. T., Wiklund, F., Bellocco, R., Klint, Å., Adolfsson, J., Shahedi, K., Xu, J., Adami, H.-O., Grönberg, H. and Bälter, K. A. (2007), Association of frequent consumption of fatty fish with prostate cancer risk is modified by COX-2 polymorphism. Int. J. Cancer, 120: 398–405. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22319

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  2. 2

    Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, CA

  3. 3

    Department of Radiation Sciences/Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  4. 4

    Department of Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

  5. 5

    Oncologic Center, CLINTEC, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  6. 6

    Center of Human Genomics, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

  7. 7

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University, Boston, MA

  1. †

    Fax: +46-8-31-49-57.

*Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Box 281, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 NOV 2006
  2. Article first published online: 25 OCT 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 AUG 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 14 MAR 2006

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  • Swedish Cancer Foundation (Cancerfonden). Grant Number: 05 0158
  • NIH. Grant Number: 1R01CA105055

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