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Telomere length and genetics are independent colorectal tumour risk factors in an evaluation of biomarkers in normal bowel.

Abstract:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening might be improved by using a measure of prior risk to modulate screening intensity or the faecal immunochemical test threshold. Intermediate molecular biomarkers could aid risk prediction by capturing both known and unknown risk factors.

Methods

We sampled normal bowel mucosa from the proximal colon, distal colon and rectum of 317 individuals undergoing colonoscopy. We defined cases as having a personal history of color...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1038/bjc.2017.486

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Primary Care; Primary Care Health Sciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
NDM; Oxford Ludwig Institute
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Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
Journal:
British Journal of Cancer Journal website
Volume:
118
Issue:
6
Pages:
727–732
Publication date:
2018-02-01
Acceptance date:
2017-12-13
DOI:
EISSN:
1532-1827
ISSN:
0007-0920
Pmid:
29438375
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:825091
UUID:
uuid:ca542530-c62e-4dfd-836d-a89119fc88f2
Local pid:
pubs:825091
Source identifiers:
825091
Deposit date:
2018-02-19

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