High weight associated with risk of colorectal tumours without microsatellite instability

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 22:07 in Health & Medicine

The increased risk of colorectal cancer associated with obesity may be largely restricted to tumours that have no or low microsatellite instability (MSI), a common condition in most colorectal cancers, according to a new study published online March 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...

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