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Polygenic Risk Score, Healthy Lifestyle Score, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 6 Feb 2025
Shen Yuefan, Chen Weiwei, Fu Chengqu, Liu Xinyi, Miao Junyan, Li Jiacong, Li Ni, Hang Dong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Both genetic factors and lifestyle play a critical role in colorectal cancer, but the extent to which an increased genetic risk can be offset by a healthy lifestyle remains unclear. METHODS: We included 51,171 participants from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer cohort. A polygenic risk score was created based on 205 genetic variants associated with colorectal cancer, and a healthy...
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- Humans
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Female
- Male
- Prospective Studies
