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SUBMITTER: Dashti SG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336397 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dashti S Ghazaleh SG Buchanan Daniel D DD Jayasekara Harindra H Ait Ouakrim Driss D Clendenning Mark M Rosty Christophe C Winship Ingrid M IM Macrae Finlay A FA Giles Graham G GG Parry Susan S Casey Graham G Haile Robert W RW Gallinger Steven S Le Marchand Loïc L Thibodeau Stephen N SN Lindor Noralane M NM Newcomb Polly A PA Potter John D JD Baron John A JA Hopper John L JL Jenkins Mark A MA Win Aung Ko AK
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20161103 3
<b>Background:</b> People with germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes have increased colorectal cancer risk. For these high-risk people, study findings of the relationship between alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer risk have been inconclusive.<b>Methods:</b> 1,925 MMR gene mutations carriers recruited into the Colon Cancer Family Registry who had completed a questionnaire on lifestyle factors were included. Weighted Cox proportional hazard regression models were u ...[more]