title: IGF-I and IGF-II in relation to colorectal cancer.
abstract: Recent data suggest that the IGF system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of several forms of human cancer, and there is evidence that IGFs acting in an autocrine and paracrine manner may also affect colorectal cancer risk. We have conducted a case-control study on the island of Crete, Greece, to examine the potential relation between circulating IGF-I and -II and their major binding protein (IGF-BP3), on the one hand, and colorectal cancer, on the other. IGF-I, IGF-II and IGF-BP3 were determined in the serum from 41 patients with colorectal cancer and 50 healthy controls; data were analyzed using unconditional multiple logistic regression, adjusting for age, gender, education, height and BMI, as well as mutually. Both IGF-I and IGF-II were positively, while IGF-BP3 was inversely, associated with risk for colorectal cancer, though none of these relations reached statistical significance. However, individuals with IGF-I and -II values in the upper 2 tertiles of the respective distributions had a significantly elevated odds ratio for colorectal cancer (OR = 5.2, 95% confidence interval 1.0-26.8) compared with those in the lower tertile in both distributions. Our results provide evidence that high levels of circulating IGF-I and -II might be associated with colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School, Goudi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Manousos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Souglakos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzonou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chatzidakis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trichopoulos
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Adami
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mantzoros
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II