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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 82, Issue 11, Pages 1860-1862Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1084
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colon cancer; rectal cancer; menopause; hormone replacement therapy; weight; case-control study
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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.
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