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Determining Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Starting Age of Screening Based on Lifestyle, Environmental, and Genetic Factors.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2018
Jeon Jihyoun, Du Mengmeng, Schoen Robert E, Hoffmeister Michael, Newcomb Polly A, Berndt Sonja I, Caan Bette, Campbell Peter T, Chan Andrew T, Chang-Claude Jenny, Giles Graham G, Gong Jian, Harrison Tabitha A, Huyghe Jeroen R, Jacobs Eric J, Li Li, Lin Yi, Le Marchand Loïc, Potter John D, Qu Conghui, Bien Stephanie A, Zubair Niha, Macinnis Robert J, Buchanan Daniel D, Hopper John L, Cao Yin, Nishihara Reiko, Rennert Gad, Slattery Martha L, Thomas Duncan C, Woods Michael O, Prentice Ross L, Gruber Stephen B, Zheng Yingye, Brenner Hermann, Hayes Richard B, White Emily, Peters Ulrike, Hsu Li
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Guidelines for initiating colorectal cancer (CRC) screening are based on family history but do not consider lifestyle, environmental, or genetic risk factors. We developed models to determine risk of CRC, based on lifestyle and environmental factors and genetic variants, and to identify an optimal age to begin screening. METHODS: We collected data from 9748 CRC cases and 10,590 controls in the...
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