Cigarette smoking and colorectal cancer risk by molecularly defined subtypes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette smoking is an established risk factor for colorectal cancer. Because colorectal carcinogenesis is a heterogeneous process, we investigated whether cigarette smoking is differentially associated with molecularly defined subtypes of colorectal cancer.

Methods

We evaluated associations between smoking and incident colorectal cancer, overall and by microsatellite instability (MSI) phenotype (MSI-high vs MSI-low or microsatellite stable), CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP positive or CIMP negative), and BRAF mutation status (BRAF mutation positive or BRAF mutation negative), among 37 399 participants in a population-based cohort study (the Iowa Women's Health Study). Cigarette smoking (and other exposures) was assessed by self-report at baseline in 1986,

SUBMITTER: Limsui D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2915616 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature