A concise review towards defining the exposome of oesophageal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

CONCLUSION: We conclude that ESCC in SSA is a multifactorial disease initiated by several external exposures that may induce aberrant epigenetic changes. The expanding aetiological research in this domain will be enhanced by evidence synthesis from classical and molecular epidemiological studies spanning the external and internal exposome.PMID:34543937 | DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106880

Source: Environment International - September 20, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Trancizeo Lipenga Limbikani Matumba Arnau Vidal Zdenko Herceg Valerie McCormack Sarah De Saeger Marthe De Boevre Source Type: research