Cholecystectomy and the risk for developing colorectal cancer and distal colorectal adenomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Schernhammer, E S ^a,b   Leitzmann, M F ^c   Michaud, D S ^d   Speizer, F E ^a,c   Giovannucci, E ^a,c   Colditz, G A ^a,c,e,f   Fuchs, C S ^a,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Dana Faber/Harvard Cancer Center   (United States)

^g DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Colon adenomas; Colon cancer; Gallstones; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER RISK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM;

ADENOMA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037434417     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600661     Document Type: Article

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