Article
Cigarette smoking and colorectal cancer risk by KRAS mutation status among older women.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 May 2012
Samadder N J, Vierkant Robert A, Tillmans Lori S, Wang Alice H, 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
OBJECTIVES: Existing data support a modest association between cigarette smoking and incident colorectal cancer (CRC) overall. In this study, we evaluated associations between cigarette smoking and CRC risk stratified by KRAS mutation status, using data and tissue resources from the Iowa Women's Health Study (IWHS). METHODS: The IWHS is a population-based cohort study of cancer incidence among 41,836 randomly...
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