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SUBMITTER: Shin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2572782 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Aesun A Shrubsole Martha J MJ Rice Jeffrey M JM Cai Qiuyin Q Doll Mark A MA Long Jirong J Smalley Walter E WE Shyr Yu Y Sinha Rashmi R Ness Reid M RM Hein David W DW Zheng Wei W
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20080201 2
Most colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps or certain hyperplastic polyps. Only a few studies have investigated potential genetic modifiers of the associations between meat intake and polyp risk, and results are inconsistent. Using data from the Tennessee Colorectal Polyp Study, a large colonoscopy-based study, including 1,002 polyp cases (557 adenoma only, 250 hyperplastic polyp only, 195 both polyps) and 1,493 polyp-free patients, we evaluated the association of colorectal polyp ris ...[more]