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Postmenopausal hormone therapy and colorectal cancer risk by molecularly defined subtypes among older women.
Gut - 1 Sept 2012
Limsui David, Vierkant Robert A, Tillmans Lori S, Wang Alice H, Weisenberger Daniel J, Laird Peter W, Lynch Charles F, Anderson Kristin E, French Amy J, Haile Robert W, Harnack Lisa J, Potter John D, Slager Susan L, Smyrk Thomas C, Thibodeau Stephen N, Cerhan James R, Limburg Paul J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Postmenopausal hormone (PMH) therapy may reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, but existing data are inconclusive. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate associations between PMH therapy and incident CRC, overall and by molecularly defined subtypes, in the population-based Iowa Women's Health Study of older women. METHODS: Exposure data were collected from Iowa Women's Health Study participants (55-69 years) at...
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