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Western diet, family history of colorectal cancer, NAT2, GSTM-1 and risk of colon cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Jan 2000
Slattery M L, Potter J D, Ma K N, Caan B J, Leppert M, Samowitz W
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OBJECTIVE: In this study we examine the combined effects of Western diet, age at diagnosis, and genetic susceptibility. METHODS: We use data collected as part of an incident case-control study of colon cancer. Family history of colorectal cancer, N-acetyltransferase (NAT2), and glutathione-S-transferase (GSTM-1) are studied with Western diet and age at diagnosis. RESULTS: A significant interaction between age at...
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