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Advances in understanding the relationship between estrogen and colorectal cancer
Quan-An Zhang, Han-Feng Xu, Ji-Feng Feng
Quan-An Zhang, Han-Feng Xu, Department of Oncology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210003, Jiangsu Province, China
Ji-Feng Feng, Department of Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China
Supported by: the Nanjing Science and Technology Program, No. 200601053.
Correspondence to: Quan-An Zhang, Department of Oncology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210003, Jiangsu Province, China. zhangquanan@yahoo.com.cn
Received: September 6, 2009 Revised: December 12, 2009 Accepted: December 21, 2009 Published online: January 28, 2010
Colorectal cancer is a common malignancy. Its incidence and mortality significantly increase in recent years in China. Since McMichael and Potter proposed that exogenous estrogen could reduce the incidence of colon cancer in women in 1980s, the relationship between estrogen use and the incidence of colorectal cancer has been extensively studied. This paper reviews the recent advances in understanding the relationship between estrogen and colorectal cancer.
Key Words: Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Colorectal cancer
Citation: Zhang QA, Xu HF, Feng JF. Advances in understanding the relationship between estrogen and colorectal cancer. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2010; 18(3): 272-275
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