Genetic link found to colon cancer in study

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 20:14 in Health & Medicine

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gene related to a hormone secreted by the body's fat cells may lower the risk of colon cancer, a discovery that could reassure people with a family history of the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.

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