Cumulative risk of colon cancer up to age 70 years by risk factor status using data from the nurses' health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 863-872

  Wei, Esther K ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^c   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,d   Fuchs, Charles S ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic neoplasms; Incidence; Risk; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID;

AGING POPULATION; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; HORMONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349492454     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp210     Document Type: Article

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