Genetic variation in selenoprotein genes, lifestyle, and risk of colon and rectal cancer.

Associations between selenium and cancer have directed attention to role of selenoproteins in the carcinogenic process.We used data from two population-based case-control studies of colon (n = 1555 cases, 1956 controls) and rectal (n = 754 cases, 959 controls) cancer. We evaluated the association be...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martha L Slattery, Abbie Lundgreen, Bill Welbourn, Christopher Corcoran, Roger K Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3355111?pdf=render

Similar Items