Decoding colorectal cancer epigenomics

CRC is one of the major public health problems worldwide representing the third most common cancer in men and the second in women with more than 600,000 deaths every year [1,2]. The emergence of new cases of CRC may be related to various risk factors, including: diet, lifestyle, smoking, hereditary syndromes (familial adenomatous polyposis, Lynch syndrome, and MYH-associated polyposis, etc.), obesity, high alcohol intake, family history, inflammatory bowel disease and age> 50 (Supplemental Figure S1) [3].

Source: Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics - November 15, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Khalid El Bairi, Kanwal Tariq, Imane Himri, Abdeslam Jaafari, Wiam Smaili, Abdul Hafeez Kandhro, Adel Gouri, Bouchra Ghazi Source Type: research