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Adenoma
Research on adenoma published by scientists at University of Tokyo
September 23rd, 2008
"Obesity is thought to be associated with colorectal cancer and adenoma. We aimed to investigate the effect of body weight on the risk of colorectal adenoma both in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses," scientists in Hongo, Japan report. "This is a retrospective cohort study in a large-scale health appraisal institution in Japan. A total of 7,963 asymptomatic, average-risk Japanese were enrolled at initial examinations, and 2,568 subjects who underwent a second colonoscopy after 1 yr were investigated. The association with the prevalence of colorectal adenoma was evaluated according to the body mass index (BMI) at the initial examination. The incidence of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-23)
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