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Article: Studies in the area of colon cancer reported from National Cancer Institute.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- March 24, 2009
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According to a study from the United States, " Validation of an absolute risk prediction model for colorectal cancer (CRC) by using a large, population-based cohort. Patients and Methods The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) diet and health study, a prospective cohort study, was used to validate the model."
"Men and women age 50 to 71 years at baseline answered self-administered questionnaires that asked about demographic characteristics, diet, lifestyle, and medical histories. We compared expected numbers of CRC patient cases predicted by the model to the observed numbers of CRC patient cases identified in the ...