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Diet and lifestyle factor associations with CpG island methylator phenotype and BRAF mutations in colon cancer.
International journal of cancer - 1 Feb 2007
Slattery Martha L, Curtin Karen, Sweeney Carol, Levin Theodore R, Potter John, Wolff Roger K, Albertsen Hans, Samowitz Wade S
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It has been proposed that dietary factors such as folate, alcohol and methionine may be associated with colon cancer because of their involvement in DNA methylation processes. Data from a large population-based case-control study of incident colon cancer were used to evaluate whether intake of dietary, obesity, physical activity and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are associated with a CpG island methylator...
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