Sex hormones and genetic variants in hormone metabolic pathways associated with the risk of colorectal cancer

Objective: The different incidence of colorectal cancer between the sexes suggests that sex hormones may be involved in the susceptibility to colorectal cancer. The association between sex hormones and genetic variants in hormone metabolic pathways and the colorectal cancer risk remains unclear. Met...

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Main Authors: Shuwei Li, Yehua Chen, Lisheng Xie, Yixuan Meng, Lingjun Zhu, Haiyan Chu, Dongying Gu, Zhengdong Zhang, Mulong Du, Meilin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019336025