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Colorectal cancer risk associated with hormone use varies by expression of estrogen receptor-β.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 2013
Rudolph Anja, Toth Csaba, Hoffmeister Michael, Roth Wilfried, Herpel Esther, Schirmacher Peter, Brenner Hermann, Chang-Claude Jenny
Abstract excerpt
The risk of colorectal cancer is reduced among users of oral contraceptives or menopausal hormone therapy, but associations with reproductive characteristics that are markers of a woman's endogenous hormone milieu have not been consistently observed. To help understand possible mechanisms through which exogenous and endogenous hormonal exposures are involved in colorectal cancer, we assessed the risk of these...
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