Chinese Alcoholic Patients With Esophageal Cancer Are Genetically Different From Alcoholics With Acute Pancreatitis and Liver Cirrhosis

The allele frequency of ADH2*1 and ALDH2*1 are different among subpopulations of alcoholics, suggesting that alcoholic patients with different specific types of organ damage are genetically different. The Chinese alcoholic patients with the ADH2*1 and ALDH2*2 allele are more susceptible to esophageal Ca.