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Deficient Pms2, ERCC1, Ku86, CcOI in Field Defects During Progression to Colon Cancer
Published on: July 29, 2010
Colorectal cancer and ischaemic heart disease: an uncommon inheritance!
1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Abstract:
This study reports the relative risk of death from cancer and from coronary artery disease in 1,811 first-degree relatives of 205 young colorectal cancer probands. The elevation in the risks of death from cancer (eg colon 3.6; rectum 2.0; uterus 1.8; cervix 2.3) is consistent with, though of lower magnitude than previous studies. An unexpected find was a highly significant deficit in coronary deaths. Recently discovered molecular associations between colon cancer and cholesterol metabolism suggest that further family studies of bowel cancer and heart disease in a variety of populations may be worthwhile.
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