One-carbon metabolism biomarkers and risk of colon and rectal cancers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3233-3240

  Weinstein, Stephanie J ^a   Albanes, Demetrius ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^b   Graubard, Barry ^a   Lim, Unhee ^a   Taylor, Philip R ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^c   Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARBON METABOLISM; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 55849120169     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0459     Document Type: Article

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