National Cancer Registry Ireland. (2013) Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, treatment and survival in Ireland: 1994-2010. Dublin: NCRI.
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Lifestyle factors are extremely important in colorectal cancer. Smoking is causally related to colon, but not rectal, cancer. Alcohol is a cause of both colon and rectal cancers. Higher levels of body fatness, and in particular central adiposity, are positively related to risk. In a recent meta-analysis, each 5kg/m2 increment in body mass index was associated with an 18% increase in risk; the association appears stronger for colon than rectal cancer, for men than women, and in studies adjusting for physical activity.
B Substances > Alcohol
B Substances > Tobacco (cigarette smoking)
G Health and disease > State of health > Physical health
G Health and disease > Pathologic process > Cancer
G Health and disease > Digestive system disease
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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