Article
Causal association between inflammatory bowel disease and 32 site-specific extracolonic cancers: a Mendelian randomization study
10 Oct 2023
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The risk of extracolonic cancer is increased in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, but it is not clear whether there is a causal relationship. We aimed to systematically estimate the causal relationship between IBD and extracolonic cancers. METHODS: Independent genetic variants strongly associated with IBD were extracted as instrumental variables from genome-wide association study (GWAS)...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
