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Meat intake, heterocyclic amine exposure, and metabolizing enzyme polymorphisms in relation to colorectal polyp risk.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Feb 2008
Shin Aesun, Shrubsole Martha J, Rice Jeffrey M, Cai Qiuyin, Doll Mark A, Long Jirong, Smalley Walter E, Shyr Yu, Sinha Rashmi, Ness Reid M, Hein David W, Zheng Wei
Abstract excerpt
Most colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps or certain hyperplastic polyps. Only a few studies have investigated potential genetic modifiers of the associations between meat intake and polyp risk, and results are inconsistent. Using data from the Tennessee Colorectal Polyp Study, a large colonoscopy-based study, including 1,002 polyp cases (557 adenoma only, 250 hyperplastic polyp only, 195 both polyps)...
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