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Estrogen and progesterone-related gene variants and colorectal cancer risk in women

BACKGROUND: Observational studies and randomized trials have suggested that estrogens and/or progesterone may lower the risk for colorectal cancer. Inherited variation in the sex-hormone genes may be one mechanism by which sex hormones affect colorectal cancer, although data are limited. METHOD: We...

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Autores principales: Lin, Jennifer H, Manson, JoAnn E, Kraft, Peter, Cochrane, Barbara B, Gunter, Marc J, Chlebowski, Rowan T, Zhang, Shumin M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21627810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-12-78