Red meat and poultry intake, polymorphisms in the nucleotide excision repair and mismatch repair pathways and colorectal cancer risk

Diets high in red meat have been consistently associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk and may result in exposure to carcinogens that cause DNA damage [i.e polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and N-nitroso compounds]. Using a family-based study, we investigated whether p...

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Main Authors: Joshi, Amit D., Corral, Román, Siegmund, Kimberly D., Haile, Robert W., Le Marchand, Loïc, Martínez, Maria Elena, Ahnen, Dennis J., Sandler, Robert S., Lance, Peter, Stern, Mariana C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2009
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Molecular Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722151/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19029193
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgn260
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