Shared ancestral susceptibility to colorectal cancer and other nutrition related diseases

Abstract

The majority of non-syndromic colorectal cancers (CRCs) can be described as a complex disease. A two-stage case-control study on CRC susceptibility was conducted to assess the influence of the ancestral alleles in the polymorphisms previously associated with nutrition-related complex diseases.

Keywords

• Colorectal cancer
• Nutrition
• Complex diseases