Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer risk linked to serum C-reactive protein levels
Published in Health and Medicine Week, April 27th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Research, "Chronic inflammation has been implicated in the etiology of colorectal cancer. CRP, a sensitive marker of inflammation, has been investigated with regard to colorectal cancer in only three previous studies, and the results from these investigations were inconsistent."
"We examined serum CRP levels in relation to colorectal cancer incidence in a nested case-control study within the Alpha Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene (ATBC) Cancer Prevention Study, a cohort of 29,133 Finnish males enrolled from...
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