Colon Cancer

Findings from Hallym University advance knowledge in colon cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 14th, 2010

2010 DEC 14 -- Data detailed in 'Pooled analyses of 13 prospective cohort studies on folate intake and colon cancer' have been presented. According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Causes & Control, "Studies of folate intake and colorectal cancer risk have been inconsistent. We examined the relation with colon cancer risk in a series of 13 prospective studies."

"Study-and sex-specific relative risks (RRs) were estimated from the primary data using Cox proportional hazards models and then pooled using a random-effects model. Among 725,134 participants, 5,720 incident colon cancers were diagnosed during follow-up. The pooled...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-12-14)

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