GWAS-identified common variants for obesity are not associated with the risk of developing colorectal cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1125-1128

  Sainz, Juan ^a   Frank, Bernd ^a   Da Silva Filho, Miguel I ^a   Hoffmeister, Michael ^a   Rudolph, Anja ^a   Butterbach, Katja ^a   Chang Claude, Jenny ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   For̈sti, Asta ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84903377041     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1354     Document Type: Article

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