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One-carbon metabolism and CpG island methylator phenotype status in incident colorectal cancer: a nested case-referent study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Apr 2010
Van Guelpen Bethany, Dahlin Anna M, Hultdin Johan, Eklöf Vincy, Johansson Ingegerd, Henriksson Maria L, Cullman Inger, Hallmans Göran, Palmqvist Richard
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We related prediagnostic plasma folate, vitamin B12, and total homocysteine concentrations, and the MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C polymorphisms, to the risk of colorectal cancer with and without the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP). METHODS: This was a nested case-referent study of 190 cases and double, matched referents from the large, population-based Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study. Using...
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