Post-menopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy have a higher risk of colon, but not rectal, cancer than do premenopausal women of the same age, socio-cultural class and dietary habits. Such risk increase seems to last about 10 years and to be restricted to lean women, a group who have lower levels of oestradiol after ovarian function ceases after menopause. (C) 2000 Cancer Research Campaign.
Menopause and colorectal cancer / Franceschi S; Gallus S; Talamini R; Tavani A; Negri E; La Vecchia C. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. - ISSN 0007-0920. - 82:11(2000), pp. 1860-1862. [10.1054/bjoc.1999.1084]
Menopause and colorectal cancer
Negri E;
2000
Abstract
Post-menopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy have a higher risk of colon, but not rectal, cancer than do premenopausal women of the same age, socio-cultural class and dietary habits. Such risk increase seems to last about 10 years and to be restricted to lean women, a group who have lower levels of oestradiol after ovarian function ceases after menopause. (C) 2000 Cancer Research Campaign.File in questo prodotto:
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