title: Digital dermal patterns in large-bowel cancer.
abstract: The digital dermal patterns of 149 patients with large-bowel cancer and 298 population-based controls were studied. The patterns were very similar between the 2 groups. Also, no significant differences were found in total ridge counts, which suggests that antenatal factors, related to the formation of digital patterns, are not associated with the risk of large-bowel cancer.
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*