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. 2000 Jun;82(11):1860–1862. doi: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1084

Menopause and colorectal cancer

S Franceschi 1, S Gallus 2, R Talamini 1, A Tavani 2, E Negri 2, C La Vecchia 2,3
PMCID: PMC2363225  PMID: 10839302

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. © 2000 Cancer Research Campaign

Keywords: colon cancer, rectal cancer, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, weight, case–control study

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