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Zur Hausen H, Bund T, de Villiers EM. Specific nutritional infections early in life as risk factors for human colon and breast cancers several decades later. Int J Cancer 2018; 144:1574-1583. [PMID: 30246328 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Harald Zur Hausen
- Division Episomal-Persistent DNA in Cancer- and Chronic Diseases, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division Episomal-Persistent DNA in Cancer- and Chronic Diseases, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division Episomal-Persistent DNA in Cancer- and Chronic Diseases, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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Lu Y, Oddsberg J, Martling A, Lagergren J. Reproductive history and risk of colorectal adenocarcinoma. Epidemiology 2014; 25:595-604. [PMID: 24787555 DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sex hormones may be associated with colorectal adenocarcinoma, although the association of pregnancy history and risk of colorectal cancer is not consistent. METHODS We conducted a population-based nested case-control study of persons born between 1932 and 2008 who are in the Swedish Multi-Generation Register. In total, 12,915 women and 15,519 men with colorectal adenocarcinoma were identified during follow-up in the Swedish Cancer Register; 10 age- and sex-matched controls were selected for each case. Number of children and age at first and last birth were analyzed in relation to the risk of colorectal adenocarcinoma, using conditional logistic regression, to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS Compared with women without children, women with 1 or 2 children had an OR of 1.02 (95% CI = 0.93-1.13) of developing adenocarcinoma in the proximal colon; those with 3 or 4 children, 1.18 (1.06-1.32); and those with ≥5 children, 1.30 (1.05-1.61) (test for trend P < 0.01). The corresponding associations in men were 0.92 (0.84-1.00), 1.02 (0.92-1.13), and 0.97 (0.78-1.20), respectively (test for trend P = 0.13). CONCLUSIONS Higher parity in women was associated with the risk of adenocarcinoma of the proximal colon, although not the distal colon or rectum. A similar risk with family size was not seen for fathers. Still, the influence of lifestyle factors cannot be ruled out.
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- Yunxia Lu
- From the aDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; bDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and cDivision of Cancer Studies, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Guan HB, Wu QJ, Gong TT, Lin B, Wang YL, Liu CX. Parity and risk of colorectal cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75279. [PMID: 24098689 PMCID: PMC3787107 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Association between parity and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk has been investigated by several epidemiological studies but results are controversial, yet a comprehensive and quantitative assessment of this association has not been reported so far. Methods Relevant published studies of parity and CRC were identified using MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science databases through end of April 2013. Two authors independently assessed eligibility and extracted data. Eleven prospective studies reported relative risk (RR) estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of CRC risk associated with parity. We pooled the RR from individual studies using fixed- or random-effects models and carried out heterogeneity and publication bias analyses. Results The summary RR for the ever parity vs. nulliparous was 0.95 (95% CI: 0.88–1.02), with no heterogeneity (Q = 9.04, P = 0.443, I2 = 0.5%). Likewise, no significant association was yielded for the highest vs. lowest parity number (RR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.89–1.17), with moderate heterogeneity (Q = 17.48, P = 0.094, I2 = 37.1%). Dose-response analysis still indicated no effect of parity on CRC risk and the summary RR of per one livebirth was 0.99 (95% CI: 0.96–1.02), with moderate of heterogeneity (Q = 16.50, P<0.021, I2 = 57.6%). Similar results were observed among all the subgroup analyses. No evidence of publication bias and significant heterogeneity between subgroups were detected by meta-regression analyses. Conclusion Results of this dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies found that there was little evidence of an association between parity and CRC risk.
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- Hong-Bo Guan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Wernli KJ, Wang Y, Zheng Y, Potter JD, Newcomb PA. The relationship between gravidity and parity and colorectal cancer risk. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2012; 18:995-1001. [PMID: 19575687 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The influence of hormonal changes caused by pregnancy has been well studied in relation to colorectal cancer risk, but the association remains undefined. The purpose of this investigation was to examine in a case-control study the relationship between differences in gravidity and parity and colorectal cancer risk and if the association varied by microsatellite instability (MSI), a feature more common in women. METHODS The study population included incident colorectal cancer patients (n = 1014), aged 50-74 years, diagnosed in 1998-2002 in Washington state and controls (n = 1064) randomly selected from population lists. All study subjects completed telephone interviews to ascertain prior pregnancies, live births, and other covariates. Case tissue samples were obtained for MSI analyses. Multivariable logistic regression models estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), adjusting for age, family history of colorectal cancer, body mass index (BMI), education, endoscopy screening, oral contraceptive use, hormone therapy use, smoking, and alcohol consumption. RESULTS There was an approximate 30%-50% reduction in risk of colon cancer associated with gravidity, which was attenuated in the analysis with parity. Increasing gravidity and parity were associated with a suggestion of a decreasing trend in risk for rectal cancer (p for trend = 0.07). Compared with women who had equal numbers of pregnancies and live births, women who were nulligravid and nulliparous had a 40%-60% increased risk of colon cancer. There was a suggestion of a reduced risk of both colon and rectal cancer associated with one more pregnancy than live birth. There was a suggestion of an increased risk of MSI-high tumors with nulligravidity and nulliparity. CONCLUSIONS These results confirm the importance of pregnancy events in the etiology of colon and rectal cancer.
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- Karen J Wernli
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA.
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Neale RE, Darlington S, Murphy MFG, Silcocks PBS, Purdie DM, Talbäck M. The Effects of Twins, Parity and Age at First Birth on Cancer Risk in Swedish Women. Twin Res Hum Genet 2012. [DOI: 10.1375/twin.8.2.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AbstractThe effect of reproductive history on the risk of cervical, colorectal and thyroid cancers and melanoma has been explored but the results to date are inconsistent. We aimed to examine in a record- linkage cohort study the risk of developing these cancers, as well as breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers, among mothers who had given birth to twins compared with those who had only singleton pregnancies. Women who delivered a baby in Sweden between 1961 and 1996 and who were 15 years or younger in 1961 were selected from the Swedish civil birth register and linked with the Swedish cancer registry. We used Poisson regression to assess associations between reproductive factors and cancer. Twinning was associated with reduced risks of breast, colorectal, ovarian and uterine cancers, although no relative risks were statistically significant. The delivery of twins did not increase the risk of any cancers studied. Increasing numbers of maternities were associated with significantly reduced risks of all tumors except thyroid cancer. We found positive associations between a later age at first birth and breast cancer and melanoma, while there were inverse associations with cervix, ovarian, uterine and colorectal cancers. These findings lend weight to the hypothesis that hormonal factors influence the etiology of colorectal cancer in women, but argue against any strong effect of hormones on the development of melanoma or tumors of the thyroid.
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Klimczak A, Kempińska-Mirosławska B, Mik M, Dziki Ł, Dziki A. Incidence of colorectal cancer in Poland in 1999-2008. Arch Med Sci 2011; 7:673-8. [PMID: 22291804 PMCID: PMC3258770 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.24138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Revised: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Malignant neoplasm of the colon is one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers and takes the second place in terms of incidence in the world. In Asian countries compared with Western countries the incidence is a bit lower. In recent years in Poland there has been a disturbing increase in the incidence of this cancer, particularly in the voivodships Mazowieckie, Slaskie, and Wielkopolskie. MATERIAL AND METHODS Statistical data from the National Cancer Registry on the incidence of colorectal cancer in Poland in 1999-2008, including the provinces which are grouped into provinces of Eastern, Western and Central Poland. We analysed data on both men and women, with the division of colon cancer, rectal folds esico and rectum. The analysis took into account the recognized incidence in absolute numbers and age-standardized incidence rates. RESULTS The incidence of colon cancer in 1999 was 3438 cases among men and 3476 women, while in 2008 this number increased in both men and women and for men was 4763, and 4340 for women. In all Polish provinces, in 1999, 2165 men and 1719 women, and in 2008, 3188 men and 2150 women suffered from rectal cancer. CONCLUSIONS In the years 1999-2008 there was an increase in incidence of cancer of the colon. In Poland, there are territorial differences in the incidence of colorectal cancer described by the standardized incidence ratio. The incidence in Western and Central Poland is generally higher than for Eastern Poland. Probably, these differences have multiple bases.
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- Alicja Klimczak
- Department of History of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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Cleveland AG, Oikarinen SI, Bynoté KK, Marttinen M, Rafter JJ, Gustafsson JA, Roy SK, Pitot HC, Korach KS, Lubahn DB, Mutanen M, Gould KA. Disruption of estrogen receptor signaling enhances intestinal neoplasia in Apc(Min/+) mice. Carcinogenesis 2009; 30:1581-90. [PMID: 19520794 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgp132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Estrogen receptors (ERs) [ERalpha (Esr1) and ERbeta (Esr2)] are expressed in the human colon, but during the multistep process of colorectal carcinogenesis, expression of both ERalpha and ERbeta is lost, suggesting that loss of ER function might promote colorectal carcinogenesis. Through crosses between an ERalpha knockout and Apc(Min) mouse strains, we demonstrate that ERalpha deficiency is associated with a significant increase in intestinal tumor multiplicity, size and burden in Apc(Min/+) mice. Within the normal intestinal epithelium of Apc(Min/+) mice, ERalpha deficiency is associated with an accumulation of nuclear beta-catenin, an indicator of activation of the Wnt-beta-catenin-signaling pathway, which is known to play a critical role in intestinal cancers. Consistent with the hypothesis that ERalpha deficiency is associated with activation of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling, ERalpha deficiency in the intestinal epithelium of Apc(Min/+) mice also correlated with increased expression of Wnt-beta-catenin target genes. Through crosses between an ERbeta knockout and Apc(Min) mouse strains, we observed some evidence that ERbeta deficiency is associated with an increased incidence of colon tumors in Apc(Min/+) mice. This effect of ERbeta deficiency does not involve modulation of Wnt-beta-catenin signaling. Our studies suggest that ERalpha and ERbeta signaling modulate colorectal carcinogenesis, and ERalpha does so, at least in part, by regulating the activity of the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway.
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- Alicia G Cleveland
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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Strong M, Peche W, Scaife C. Incidence of fertility counseling of women of child-bearing age before treatment for colorectal cancer. Am J Surg 2007; 194:765-7; discussion 767-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Revised: 08/13/2007] [Accepted: 08/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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McCourt CK, Mutch DG, Gibb RK, Rader JS, Goodfellow PJ, Trinkaus K, Powell MA. Body mass index: Relationship to clinical, pathologic and features of microsatellite instability in endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2007; 104:535-9. [PMID: 17109938 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Revised: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES There is a well known association between obesity and endometrial cancer. We sought to examine the relationships between body mass index (BMI), as a measure of obesity, and known demographic, clinical, and molecular characteristics of microsatellite instability and MLH1 promoter methylation in a cohort of patients with endometrial cancer. METHODS Corpus cancer specimens were prospectively obtained from 473 consecutively enrolled patients between 1992 and 2004. Clinical and pathologic data were extracted from review of the medical record. Microsatellite instability (MSI) was evaluated in all tumors, and methylation of the MLH1 promoter was determined for MSI positive tumors. RESULTS The median (SD) age and BMI were 64.8 years (11.9) and 33.5 (9.4), respectively. Histology included 376 endometrioid (79%), 69 serous/clear cell or mixed (15%), and 28 sarcomas (6%). Median BMI was 32.4 for endometrioid, 31.0 for serous/clear cell or mixed, and 27.8 for sarcomas (p=0.14). BMI was negatively associated with age at surgery (p<0.01). The remainder of analyses excluded sarcoma histology. BMI was associated with stage of disease; patients with stage I/II disease had significantly higher BMI than those with stage III/IV disease (32.6 vs. 30.6; p=0.02). In relation to molecular features of endometrial cancer, BMI was significantly different between MSI positive tumors compared to MSI negative tumors (30.3 vs. 32.7; p=0.02). MSI was also significantly different between tumor histology, occurring with a higher frequency in Type I than Type II tumors (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS The majority of endometrial cancer patients are obese. Those with higher BMI are more likely to be younger, present with early stage disease, and have MSI negative tumors.
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- Carolyn K McCourt
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Koski-Rahikkala H, Pouta A, Pietiläinen K, Hartikainen AL. Does parity affect mortality among parous women? J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60:968-73. [PMID: 17053286 PMCID: PMC2465489 DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.044735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To find out whether there is an association between parity and mortality. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Northern Finland, 1966-2001. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS 12,055 women in the two northernmost provinces of Finland were followed up from pregnancy in 1966-2001, the coverage percentage being 96%. The data on age, smoking, body mass index, socioeconomic position, age at menarche and age at first birth were collected during pregnancy, and data on deaths were obtained from the National Cause of Death Statistics, maintained by Statistics Finland. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate relative mortality between parity groups. RESULTS Total mortality was lowest among the women with 2-4 children (reference group). High parity was associated with an up to twofold risk of mortality from vascular complications, but after adjustment for all background factors, this significance disappeared. Mortality from haemorrhagic stroke was fourfold higher among the women with > or = 10 births compared with those of the reference group. No differences in cerebral infarction or total cancer mortality were seen between the groups. Primiparity was associated with increased mortality from accidental death (relative risk 2.6, 95% confidence interval 1.6 to 4.4). CONCLUSIONS High parity was associated with an increased risk of mortality from vascular complications, especially haemorrhagic stroke, and primiparity with an increased risk of accidental death.
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- H Koski-Rahikkala
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Nichols HB, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Newcomb PA. Oral Contraceptive Use, Reproductive Factors, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Findings from Wisconsin. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:1212-8. [PMID: 15894674 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-04-0845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We investigated the association of oral contraceptive (OC) use and reproductive factors with colorectal cancer risk in a large population-based case-control study. Cases were women ages 20 to 74 years, living in Wisconsin, with a new diagnosis of colon (n = 1,122) or rectal (n = 366) cancer. Control participants were randomly selected from population lists of similarly aged female Wisconsin residents (n = 4,297). Risk factor information was collected through structured telephone interviews. Compared with never users, OC users had an odds ratio (OR) of 0.89 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.75-1.06] for colorectal cancer. OC use associations did not differ significantly between colon and rectal cancer sites; however, when compared with never users, recent OC users (<14 years) seemed at reduced risk of rectal cancer (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.28-1.00). Women with age at first birth older than the median (23 years) had 0.83 times the risk of colon cancer compared with women with age at first birth below the median (95% CI, 0.70-0.98). We observed an inverse trend between increasing parity and rectal cancer risk (P = 0.05). Compared with nulliparous women, women with five or more births had 0.66 times the risk of rectal cancer (95% CI, 0.43-1.02). Compared with postmenopausal women, premenopausal women were at reduced risk (OR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.47-0.97) of colorectal cancer. No significant associations were observed between colorectal cancer risk and age at menarche or age at menopause. These findings suggest differential roles of reproductive factors in colon and rectal cancer etiology.
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- Hazel B Nichols
- UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, WARF Building Room 305, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53726, USA.
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Merrill RM, Fugal S, Novilla LB, Raphael MC. Cancer risk associated with early and late maternal age at first birth. Gynecol Oncol 2005; 96:583-93. [PMID: 15721398 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This paper provides a review of the literature associating maternal age at first birth and cancer. Potential mechanisms explaining associations between maternal age at first birth and cancer are also discussed. METHOD Systematic review of English language literature using searches on established databases (e.g., Medline, Popline) and the references of materials identified in these databases. RESULTS Older age (typically defined as 35 years or older) at first birth is associated with increased risk of breast and brain cancers. Conversely, younger age (typically defined as 19 years or younger) at first birth is associated with an increased risk of cervical and endometrial cancers. There is an unclear correlation between maternal age at first birth and site-specific malignancies such as ovarian, colorectal, thyroid, pancreatic, and kidney cancers. Causal mechanisms linking age at first birth and cancer were identified and reported for breast, brain, cervical, and endometrial cancers. CONCLUSION Older age at first birth increases the risk for breast and brain cancers but decreases the risk of cervical and endometrial cancers.
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- Ray M Merrill
- Department of Health Science, College of Health and Human Performance, 229-A Richards Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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Macieira-Coelho A. Neoplastic growth through the developmental stages of the organism. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 40:217-50. [PMID: 17153486 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27671-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Kato I, Dnistrian AM, Schwartz M, Toniolo P, Koenig K, Shore RE, Akhmedkhanov A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Riboli E. Serum folate, homocysteine and colorectal cancer risk in women: a nested case-control study. Br J Cancer 1999; 79:1917-22. [PMID: 10206314 PMCID: PMC2362800 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Accumulating evidence suggests that folate, which is plentiful in vegetables and fruits, may be protective against colorectal cancer. The authors have studied the relationship of baseline levels of serum folate and homocysteine to the subsequent risk of colorectal cancer in a nested case-control study including 105 cases and 523 matched controls from the New York University Women's Health Study cohort. In univariate analyses, the cases had lower serum folate and higher serum homocysteine levels than controls. The difference was more significant for folate (P < 0.001) than for homocysteine (P = 0.04). After adjusting for potential confounders, the risk of colorectal cancer in the subjects in the highest quartile of serum folate was half that of those in the lowest quartile (odds ratio, OR = 0.52, 95% confidence interval, CI = 0.27-0.97, P-value for trend = 0.04). The OR for the highest quartile of homocysteine, relative to the lowest quartile, was 1.72 (95% CI = 0.83-3.65, P-value for trend = 0.09). In addition, the risk of colorectal cancer was almost twice as high in subjects with below-median serum folate and above-median total alcohol intake compared with those with above-median serum folate and below-median alcohol consumption (OR = 1.99, 95% CI = 0.92-4.29). The potentially protective effects of folate need to be confirmed in clinical trials.
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- I Kato
- Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10010, USA
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Katsanis WA, Shields LB, Spinnato JA, Gerçel-Taylor C, Taylor DD. Immune recognition of endometrial tumor antigens induced by multiparity. Gynecol Oncol 1998; 70:33-9. [PMID: 9698470 DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.4988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The risk of developing endometrial cancer is reduced with increasing parity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility that maternal immunization against fetal antigens might be elicited during pregnancy and, if so, to characterize antigens reactive with this immune response. METHODS Sera were obtained from nulliparous (n = 9) and multiparous women (n = 14). Cellular proteins were isolated from normal endometrium and cultured cells from early (HEC-1A) and late (KLE and RL95-2) stage endometrial cancers. These were separated by SDS-PAGE and those proteins reactive with each individual's serum were assessed by Western immunoblot. Reactive proteins were isolated from KLE tumor cells by immunoaffinity columns. Three commonly recognized proteins were identified, separated, and processed for internal microsequencing. RESULTS Sera from multiparous women, used as primary antibodies, recognized multiple bands on endometrial tumors, ranging from 10 to 120 kDa. Several antigens were commonly recognized by the sera of multiparous women. The three commonly recognized proteins, normally expressed by fetal tissues, were identified as cystatin A (10 kDa), epidermal fatty acid binding protein (18 kDa), and keratin 10 (54 kDa). Nulliparous women failed to recognize these antigens. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that certain antigens expressed by the fetus and/or the placenta immunize women during pregnancy. This immune response may protect these women from developing endometrial cancer and explain epidemiologic findings. Future studies will explore the utility of these reexpressed fetal antigens as possible targets for active immunotherapy.
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- W A Katsanis
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292, USA
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Talamini R, Franceschi S, Dal Maso L, Negri E, Conti E, Filiberti R, Montella M, Nanni O, La Vecchia C. The influence of reproductive and hormonal factors on the risk of colon and rectal cancer in women. Eur J Cancer 1998; 34:1070-6. [PMID: 9849456 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(98)00019-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A case-control study was conducted between 1992 and 1996 in six Italian areas. It included 537 women with colon cancer, 291 women with rectal cancer and 2081 control women in hospital for acute conditions, unrelated to hormonal or gynaecological diseases. A higher age at menopause was associated with increased colon cancer risk (odds ratio (OR) for > or = 53 years compared with < 50 years = 1.39, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-1.87). Among parous women, a significant trend of decreasing colon cancer risk with increasing number of births was seen for colon (OR for > or = 4 births compared with 1 birth = 0.62, 95% CI 0.42-0.90), but not for rectal cancer. Nulliparous women, however, were at lower risk than women with a single birth, and age at first birth was directly associated with risk. While oral contraceptive use showed no significant influence, ever users of hormone replacement therapy had a reduced risk of rectal cancer (OR = 0.56, 95% CI 0.31-1.01). Thus, the association of colorectal cancer with reproductive and menstrual factors is neither strong nor consistent.
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- R Talamini
- Servizio di Epidemiologia, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy
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Breivik J, Lothe RA, Meling GI, Rognum TO, Børresen-Dale AL, Gaudernack G. Different genetic pathways to proximal and distal colorectal cancer influenced by sex-related factors. Int J Cancer 1997; 74:664-9. [PMID: 9421366 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971219)74:6<664::aid-ijc18>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Mutations in the k-ras and TP53 genes, as well as microsatellite instability (MIN), are frequent genetic alterations in colorectal carcinomas and represent 3 different mechanisms in the carcinogenic process. Both the incidence of colorectal cancer and the frequency of genetic alterations in such tumours have been related to different clinico-pathological variables, including age and gender of the patient and location of the tumour. A number of studies have also reported associations between different types of genetic alterations. We therefore wanted to explore the relationship between these genetic and clinico-pathological variables using multivariate analysis on material from 282 colorectal carcinomas. Three logistic regression models were constructed: 1) the presence of K-ras mutations was dependent on MIN and age and gender of patient, with an especially low frequency among younger males and in tumours with MIN (overall p = 0.0003); 2) the presence of TP53 mutations was only dependent on tumour location, with a positive association to cancers occurring distally (p = 0.002); and 3) the presence of MIN was dependent on age, gender and K-ras and TP53 mutations, as well as on tumour location. MIN was most frequent among younger male and older female patients, was rare in tumours with K-ras or TP53 mutations and was found almost exclusively in the proximal colon (overall p < 0.0001). Our data confirm that different genetic pathways to colorectal cancer dominate in the proximal and distal segments of the bowel and suggest that the K-ras- and MIN-dependent pathways are influenced by different sex-related factors.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Breivik
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo.
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