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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1860-1862 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Case-control study
- Colon cancer
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Menopause
- Rectal cancer
- Weight
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Oncology