High weight associated with risk of colorectal tumors without microsatellite instability

Friday, March 5, 2010 - 18:14 in Health & Medicine

The increased risk of colorectal cancer associated with obesity may be largely restricted to tumors that have no or low microsatellite instability, a common condition in most colorectal cancers, according to a new study.

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