Smoking and subsequent risk of acute myeloid leukaemia: A pooled analysis of 9 cohort studies in Japan

In conclusion, this study confirmed that cigarette smoking increases the risk of AML in Japanese. This study provides important evidence that smoking increases the risk of AML among Asians, which has already been shown in Western populations.

Source: Hematological Oncology - July 6, 2017 Category: Hematology Authors: Tomotaka Ugai, Keitaro Matsuo, Isao Oze, Hidemi Ito, Kenji Wakai, Keiko Wada, Chisato Nagata, Tomio Nakayama, Rong Liu, Yuri Kitamura, Akiko Tamakoshi, Ichiro Tsuji, Yumi Sugawara, Norie Sawada, Atsuko Sadakane, Keitaro Tanaka, Tetsuya Mizoue, Manami Inou Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research