Article
Meat consumption, genetic susceptibility, and colon cancer risk: a United States multicenter case-control study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jan 1999
Kampman E, Slattery M L, Bigler J, Leppert M, Samowitz W, Caan B J, Potter J D
Abstract excerpt
Meat consumption may especially increase risk of colon cancer when the meat is prepared at high temperatures and consumed by subjects with an inherited susceptibility to well-done meat. In this United States case-control study, the association between meat consumption, genetic susceptibility, and...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Animals
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- Carcinogens
- Case-Control Studies
- Cattle
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Confidence Intervals
- Cooking
- DNA
- Environmental Exposure
- Feeding Behavior
- Female
- Fishes