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SUBMITTER: Murphy G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2768275 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Murphy Gwen G Cross Amanda J AJ Sansbury Leah S LS Bergen Andrew A Laiyemo Adeyinka O AO Albert Paul S PS Wang Zhuoqiao Z Yu Binbing B Lehman Teresa T Kalidindi Aravind A Modali Rama R Schatzkin Arthur A Lanza Elaine E
International journal of cancer 20090501 9
Epidemiological evidence suggests that obesity may be causally associated with colorectal cancer. Dopamine and the dopaminergic reward pathway have been implicated in drug and alcohol addiction as well as obesity. Polymorphisms within the D2 dopamine receptor gene (DRD2) have been shown to be associated with colorectal cancer risk. We investigated the association between DRD2 genotype at these loci and the risk of colorectal adenoma recurrence in the Polyp Prevention Trial. Odds ratios (OR) and ...[more]