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Smoking and risk of colorectal cancer according to KRAS and BRAF mutation status in a Japanese prospective Study.
Carcinogenesis - 18 Aug 2023
Nakano Shiori, Yamaji Taiki, Shiraishi Kouya, Hidaka Akihisa, Shimazu Taichi, Kuchiba Aya, Saito Masahiro, Kunishima Fumihito, Nakaza Ryouji, Kohno Takashi, Sawada Norie, Inoue Manami, Tsugane Shoichiro, Iwasaki Motoki
Abstract excerpt
Although smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for many types of cancer, evidence for colorectal cancer is equivocal in Asian populations. Recent Western studies have proposed that the association between smoking and colorectal cancer is restricted to specific tumor molecular subtypes. However, no studies have evaluated the association according to tumor molecular subtypes in Asian populations. In a Japanese...
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