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A case-control study of colorectal cancer in relation to lifestyle factors and genetic polymorphisms: design and conduct of the Fukuoka colorectal cancer study.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2000
Kono Suminori, Toyomura Kengo, Yin Guang, Nagano Jun, Mizoue Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
A case-control study was designed to elucidate roles of dietary and other behavioral influences, in combination with genetic susceptibility factors (genetic polymorphisms), in colorectal carcinogenesis. Both cases and controls were residents in Fukuoka City and three adjacent areas. Cases were patients undergoing surgery for a first diagnosis of colorectal cancer at 8 hospitals in the study area, and controls...
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