SynthesisCancer research and treatment2021
Population Attributable Fraction of Established Modifiable Risk Factors on Colorectal Cancer in Korea.
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- Clinical Epidemiological Studies of Colorectal Cancer by Record Linkage of Cancer Registries and Biospecimen Data: A Systematic Review.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Pooled it
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- Body Mass Index and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Asia.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Aspirin Use and Site-Specific Colorectal Cancer Risk Among Individuals With Metabolic Comorbidity.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Gastric and colorectal cancer incidence attributable to dietary factors in Korea.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024Article
- NME1 and DCC variants are associated with susceptibility and tumor characteristics in Mexican patients with colorectal cancer.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- The underestimated impact of excess body weight on colorectal cancer risk: Evidence from the UK Biobank cohort.British journal of cancer · 2023Article
- Functional Variants in MicroRNAs (rs895819, rs11614913 and rs2910164) Are Associated with Susceptibility and Clinicopathological Features in Mexican Patients with Colorectal Cancer.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2023Article
- Risk factor analysis of malignant adenomas detected during colonoscopy.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Modifiable lifestyle factors have a larger contribution to colorectal neoplasms than family history.BMC cancer · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeWe estimated the population attributable fraction (PAF) of established risk factors for colorectal cancer, to provide evidence for prioritizing cancer prevention policy. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe exposure prevalence was calculated by using data from the 2005 Korean National Health Examination Survey for tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, physical inactivity, and meat intake. Risk estimates (relative risks) were selected from the published meta-analyses. Cancer incidence data from the Korea Central Cancer Registry were used to estimate the preventable number of colorectal cancer cases in 2015.
resultsThe PAFs of the tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, physical inactivity, and consumption of red and processed meat were as follows: 9.2%, 11.1%, 9.1%, 18.9%, and 10.1% for colon cancer and 21.8%, 12.3%, 3.5%, 5.3%, and 9.2% for rectal cancer among men; 1.0%, 1.3%, 2.7%, 12.3% and 9.2% for colon cancer and 1.7%, 2.3%, 0.8%, 7.2%, and 8.3% for rectal cancer among women. The PAFs of selected risk factors were 46.2% for colon and 42.4% for rectum among men, while 24.3% for colon and 18.9% for rectum among women. The attributable numbers of colon and rectal cancer to selected risk factors were 4,028 and 3,049 cases among men, respectively, while 1,644 and 778 cases among women in the year of 2015.
conclusionChanges in modifiable risk factors could prevent half of the colorectal cancer in the Korean population.
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