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Life Styles and Cancer of the Sigmoid Colon with Special Reference to the Role of Alcohol Consumption

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Hereditary Colorectal Cancer

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A 17-year follow up of 265, 118 Japanese adults aged 40 years and above revealed a close association between cancer of the sigmoid colon (n=91) and alcohol consumption: relative risk (RR) for drinkers verses non drinkers was 4.38 (90% CI 1.75–10.97) in men and 1.92 (1.13–3.26) in women. In men, attributable risk was 74% and RRs in non, infrequent, occasional, and daily drinkers were 1.00, 2.03, 3.83, and 5.42, respectively. Both alcohol drinking and fat-rich-fibre-deficient diet were observed to be mutually independent risk factors of cancer of the sigmoid colon.

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  1. Takeshi Hirayama
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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663, Japan

    Joji Utsunomiya M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Hereditary Cancer Center, California at 24th Street, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA

    Henry T. Lynch M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Hirayama, T. (1990). Life Styles and Cancer of the Sigmoid Colon with Special Reference to the Role of Alcohol Consumption. In: Utsunomiya, J., Lynch, H.T. (eds) Hereditary Colorectal Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68337-7_38

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