Areca nut is associated with younger age of diagnosis, poor chemoradiotherapy response, and shorter overall survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

• Chang-Han Chen,

  Affiliation Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Department of Applied Chemistry, and Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan

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• Hung-I Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yu-Ming Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yen-Hao Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Hematology-Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chien-Ming Lo,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Wan-Ting Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shau-Hsuan Li

  * E-mail: lee.a0928@msa.hinet.net

  Affiliation Department of Hematology-Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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