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Association of Meat Intake and Meat-Derived Mutagen Exposure with the Risk of Colorectal Polyps by Histologic Type
30 Jul 2011
Abstract excerpt
The association of meat intake and meat-derived mutagens with colorectal tumor risk remains unclear. We evaluated this hypothesis in a large colonoscopy-based case-control study. Included in the study were 2,543 patients with polyp [(1,881 with adenomas and 622 with hyperplastic polyp (HPP)] and 3,764 polyp-free controls. Surveys obtained information about meat intake by cooking methods and doneness levels plus...
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