Commentary: Lifestyle factors and colorectal cancer microsatellite instability-molecular pathological epidemiology science, based on unique tumour principle

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1072-1074

  Ogino, Shuji ^a   Giovannucci, Edward ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE;

CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUMOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BODY SIZE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF;

EID: 84864620084     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys076     Document Type: Article

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