Impact of smoking and opium cessation on gastrointestinal cancer risk: A 15-year longitudinal study in Golestan Cohort

Abstract Smoking and opium use are risk factors for gastrointestinal cancers, yet the extent to which cessation reduces cancer risk remains unclear, particularly in non-Western populations. This study analyzed data from the Golestan Cohort Study in northeastern Iran, comprising 50,045 adults aged 40...

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Main Authors: Masoume Mansouri, Ali Sheidaei, Hossein Poustchi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Reza Malekzadeh, Akram Pourshams, Sadaf G. Sepanlou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06783-3
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